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Leonard Lapappe Prospect

Producer in Tuolumne 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077881
MRDS ID W025949
Record type Site
Current site name Leonard Lapappe Prospect
Related records 10117515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.45517, 37.86798 (WGS84)
Elevation 343
Relative position APPROX. 1.5K W OF CHINESE CAMP, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chinese Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
001S 014E 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SAN JOSE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Harzburgite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.45517, 37.86798
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Host Rock Is Sheared

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chinese Camp Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A CAVED SHAFT 12 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F.W.JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT.1, P.19

Reporter information

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

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