Dunbar Lease

Producer in Placer 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. 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 10110863
MRDS ID W024431
Record type Site
Current site name Dunbar Lease
Related records 10139826

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78381, 39.18406 (WGS84)
Elevation 671

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Flat(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
015N 011E 06 {LOT 3} California

Comments on the location information

  • LEASE LOCATED ON E. EDGE OF LOT 3, ABOUT 350 FT S OF THE RAILROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dunbar
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 206 PL 13 GEOL MAP OF CA CHICO SO PAC CO

  • Deposit

    MIN FOR IND N CA V 2 P 15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISIED OF 2 - 3 TONS FLOAT

Reporter information

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