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Courtwright Property Daggett Lease

Producer in Amador 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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109097
MRDS ID M004840
Record type Site
Current site name Courtwright Property Daggett Lease
Related records 10138607

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.85852, 38.31296 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 010E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.85852, 38.31296
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl H. Kremmel
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • R. E. DAGGETT LEASED AND BEGAN WORK IN 1916. ABOUT 60 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 40 PERCENT CHROMIC OXIDE AND 4 PERCENT SILICA SHIPPED IN 1916. ABOUT 3 TONS REMAINS ON THE VARIOUS DUMPS. RESERVES ARE NOT KNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS, RAISES, 2 SHAFTS. WORKINGS FLOODED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 2, P.53

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954,P. 234

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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