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Poker Flats Prospects

Occurrence in Sierra county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043628
MRDS ID M100437
Record type Site
Current site name Poker Flats Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.85771, 39.67432 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Se Corner, Sect. 16

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fillmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 010E 15;16 CENTER OF (15); SE CORNER (16) California

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT OCCURS IN CENTRAL PART OF SECT. 15 BETWEEN DEADWOOD AND LITTLE GRIZZLY CREEKS AND IN THE SE CORNER OF SECT. 16.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.85771, 39.67432
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gibsonville - Poke Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. R. Jones, A. J. Modglin
    Home office La Porte, Ca

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IN SECT. 15 OCCURS AS APPROXIMATELY 200 LT OF ORE IN LARGE BOULDERS OF FLOAT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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