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Claim

Producer in Sierra 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111102
MRDS ID W025405
Record type Site
Current site name Claim
Related records 10238143

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.88575, 39.51599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodyears Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 010E 17 W2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.88575, 39.51599
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Forest Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ostrom , Lindvall Brothers
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ostrom And Lindvall Brothers

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS APPROX. 14 LT ORE IN 1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT.5, P. 260

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 260.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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