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Red Hill

Past Producer in Sonoma county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214340
MAS/MILS ID 0060970018
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill
Alternate or previous names Culver Bear, Juniper Ridge, Key, Lock, Lock and Key

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.85498, 38.79768 (WGS84)
Elevation 719
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Geysers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sonoma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 009 W 15 W2NESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.85498, 38.79768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 811112

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1892

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. A. Truit
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW, D.H. AND THAYER, T.P., 1946, CDM AND G BULL PT 2, CH 2,

  • Deposit

    P 27-28.

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERAL PROPERTY FILE #15.266.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hayashi U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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