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Bowden Prospect

Producer in Nevada 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109282
MRDS ID M010984
Record type Site
Current site name Bowden Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.08132, 39.176 (WGS84)
Elevation 680
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXTREME SW COR., Assumed Spot Center Sw Of Sw, Sect. 3.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 008E 03 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.08132, 39.176
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wolf Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mrs. L. A. Bowden

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 20 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 15 TO 20 PERCENT CR2O3 WAS MINED IN 1918. NONE OF THE ORE WAS SHIPPED. IT IS ESTIMATED A RESERVE OF 50 TO 100 TONS OF SIMILAR ORE REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 247, PL. 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTE: PLATE 13 INDICATES DEPOSIT AS BEING EXTREME SE COR. OF SEC. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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