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Sullivan and Kahl Lease Occurrence

Past 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103915
MRDS ID M100614
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan and Kahl Lease Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.50517, 37.90825 (WGS84)
Elevation 427

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Melones Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(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
Mount Diablo 001N 013E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • LEASE LOCATED NEAR THE CREST OF A RIDGE, ABOUT 200 FT ABOVE PEORIA FLAT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinized Host Rock

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.50517, 37.90825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE WESTERNMOST OF TWO SERPENTINE BELTS THAT TREND NW ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE BELT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA 30KM BY 6KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Peoria Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richards Brothers

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SMALL PITS AND AN INCLINED SHAFT, 45 FT DEEP, WHICH IS NOW CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W. JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 30

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 1, P. 30

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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