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Guthrie Group Big Red Mountain, Mitty, Merle, Last Chance, Surprise

Occurrence in Mendocino 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092353
MRDS ID M010098
Record type Site
Current site name Guthrie Group Big Red Mountain, Mitty, Merle, Last Chance, Surprise
Related records 10212202

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -123.66903, 39.88313 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Covelo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 016W 18,19,31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -123.66903, 39.88313
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • MORE THAN 100 CLAIMS FILED IN 1918; 914 TONS SHIPPED TO 1929. NO SHIPMENTS MADE IN RECENT YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY V. 49, NO. 4 OCT., 1953, PP. 356, 357, 377

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IDLE. THE ORE CAME FROM 10 OR MORE LENSES; THE LARGEST DEPOSIT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE YIELDED ABOUT 100 TONS. SOME STREAKS AND NODULES OF CHROMITE STILL SHOW IN THE SERPENTINE ON THE MARIE, MITTY, LAST CHANCE AND SURPRISE CLAIMS. UNION CARBIDE EXPLORED IN SEC. 18 FOR NICKEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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