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Lehigh Canyon Patent Property

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110884
MRDS ID W024494
Record type Site
Current site name Lehigh Canyon Patent Property
Alternate or previous names Deposits: Poco Tiempo Quartz Mine, Buttercup Chromeoccurrence
Related records 10237070

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78659, 39.02739 (WGS84)
Elevation 744

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014N;014N 011E;011E 30;30 SW OF NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 43% CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78659, 39.02739
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Economic information

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 Operator
    Owner F. P. Bowers, E. W. Drummond, M. D. House

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40 % Cr203
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 40wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND SMALL OPEN PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134 PT,3, CHAP 5,P 228,PL13; GLG MAP OF CA,CHICO

  • Production

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

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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