Fields and Stoker Mine Briggs Lease

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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 10109150
MRDS ID M005923
Record type Site
Current site name Fields and Stoker Mine Briggs Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80879, 38.23963 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1/4 MI. NW OF NEUGEBAUER MINE NEAR CTR. OF THE SEC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 011E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80879, 38.23963

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A FEW IRREGULAR NW TRENDING PODS AND LENSES OF MASSIVE MEDIUM-GRAINED CHROMITE WHICH DIP STEEPLY EASTWARD. COUNTRY ROCK IS SLICKENTITE CONTAINING A FEW FRAGMENTS OF SAXONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pardee Area

Comments on the production information

  • 125 TONS; OPERATIONS CEASED AT END OF WWI. 2 SHAFTS AND A DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 51 AND PL. 5

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 11, JACKSON

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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