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Roberts Claim

Producer in Santa Barbara 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109758
MRDS ID M100170
Record type Site
Current site name Roberts Claim
Alternate or previous names Claims: Pine Chrome, Lookout Chrome, Fir Chrome
Related records 10286438

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.85955, 34.64055 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF SECT. 29

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Rafael Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ynez(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N;007N;008N;008N 029W;029W;029W;029W 08;15;29;32 California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS LOCATED ON THE STEEP RIDGE SOUTH OF SUNSET VALLEY, BETWEEN MUNCH AND FIR CANYONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.85955, 34.64055
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. L. Roberts And Nelson Taylor
    Home office Santa Barbara, Ca

Comments on the production information

  • MASSIVE FLOAT ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 14 SHALLOW CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART II, CHAPT. 2, P. 71,86

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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