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Diamond Queen

Past Producer in Butte 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098546
MRDS ID M100128
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.18271, 39.5471 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Sect. 34, Assumed Spot Sect. 34, Assumed Spot Sect. 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 007E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

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 South Fork Of Feather River Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN APPROX. 50 LT IN 1916.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134, P. 264, 300, PLATE 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-80 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) 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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