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Bear Wallow Prospect

Past Producer in Placer 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 10077033
MRDS ID W024402
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Wallow Prospect
Related records 10261924

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.75769, 39.05295 (WGS84)
Elevation 1134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foresthill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014N 011E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 52.2 % CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.75769, 39.05295
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Delmve, E. A. Stone
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN UNDERGROUND OPEN PIT MINE SUPPORTED WITH SQUARE SET STOPING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CJMG V 51 NO 4 P 377 USBM MIN YB V 3 1952 P 192 1954 P 225 1955 P 223

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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