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Arbucco Prospects

Occurrence in Yuba 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043631
MRDS ID M100443
Record type Site
Current site name Arbucco Prospects
Alternate or previous names Sharrer Prospects 1918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.18132, 39.51599 (WGS84)
Elevation 963
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 2 MILES EAST OF WOODLEAF, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Sw, Sect. 10.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuba(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clipper Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Yuba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N;019N 007E;007E 10;15 SW (10); SW (15) California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVG. 33% CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.18132, 39.51599
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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 Challenge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arbucco, A. G.
    Home office Challenge, Ca.
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • APPROX 15-20 LT ORE MINED BUT NOT SHIPPED FROM 6 OF THE PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 261, 317

Reporter information

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

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