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Chrome King

Producer in Glenn 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109214
MRDS ID M008644
Record type Site
Current site name Chrome King
Related records 10236293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.57247, 39.48987 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MI. SW ELK CREEK; 1 1/2 MI. SW JAMESON HOMESTEAD ON S SLOPE OF SALT CREEK. PROSPECT IN NW1/4 SE1/4 ON MF-279; PROSPECT IN NW1/4 SE1/4 ON MF-279.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glenn(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stonyford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Glenn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 006W 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.57247, 39.48987
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. LENSES OF CHROMITE IN SERPENTINE. SINCE INSPECTION IN SEPTEMBER, 1943, AN ADDITIONAL LENS OF CHROME ORE OF GOOD GRADE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND. CHROME KING WAS DESCRIBED IN V.39, NO.4,P557. LETTER FROM LAND OFFICE, SACRAMENTO, SAYS CHAS. JAMESON HOMESTEAD WAS IN SECS. 17, 18, 19, 20 AND 21, T. 19N., R. 6 W. SO. CHROME KING WAS IN SEC. 19, 19N/6W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bickford, A. R.

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED SHIPPED 1 CARLOAD 45% CHROME ORE DURING 1914-18. ABOUT 2 TONS OF ORE OF SHIPPING GRADE ON THE DUMP.

Comments on the workings information

  • CIRCULAR PIT, 10' IN DIAM. AND 8' DEEP; OPEN CUT AND TUNNEL, DRIFT. F.M. MAESTTRETTI AND ANDERSON BROS & GUY PYE WORKED THIS MINE 1952-57? (USBM)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 39, NO. 4, P. 557; V. 48, NO. 1, P. 47

  • Deposit

    MF-279

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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