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Little Greek Claims

Producer in Placer 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110861
MRDS ID W024419
Record type Site
Current site name Little Greek Claims
Related records 10212806

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78019, 39.0185 (WGS84)
Elevation 853

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foresthill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 011E 31 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NE CORNER, 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78019, 39.0185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. G. Embree
    First year 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 4 SHAFTS RANGING IN DEPTH FROM12 - 25 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 228 PL 14 GEOL MAP OF CA CHICO

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 228

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF A VERTICAL ORE ZONE STRIKING N70W, BASED ON THE POSITION OF THE WORKINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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