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Property

Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077696
MRDS ID W025533
Record type Site
Current site name Property
Alternate or previous names Six 6 Claims
Related records 10286760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87798, 39.74266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Porte(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

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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 010E 29 E2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE RANGES 38 - 45 % CR203

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.87798, 39.74266
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer W. T. Baldwin, L.L. Clough, G.W. Chamberlain
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Gibsonville - Poker Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Claim Nos. 1 - 5, Baldwin, Clough, Chamberlain; Claim No.6, Clough.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION 172 LT ORE CONTAINING 44 % CR203 SHIPPED 1917 - 1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT.5, P. 251, 252

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 252.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY OF CLAIM NO. 1 STRIKE E, DIPS 85 S; NO. 2 CLAIM ORE BODY STRIKES N45E, DIPS 80 NW; NO. 6 CLAIM ORE BODY WAS CHIMNEY SHAPED.
Deposit Discovery Year: W. W. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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