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Rowan

Past Producer in Del Norte 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235469
MRDS ID M007534
MAS/MILS ID 0060150103
Record type Site
Current site name Rowan
Alternate or previous names Bowan, Camp Seven, Big Dipper
Related records 10029767

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.88395, 41.78842 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 016 N 003 E 07 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Magnesite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.88395, 41.78842
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 20S
    Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 9M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N15E:20S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820414

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Gordon Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Floyd Peuten
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner C. H. Bennett And J. K. Remsen-Leased Property In 1942
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 150 LONG TONS OF ORE ARE TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED IN 193 41 77 TONS WERE SHIPPED BETWEEN 1942 AND 1943, 393 LONG TONS SHIPPED. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,F.G.,1946,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.1,CHAP.1,P.58

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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