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Shafer Mine

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262770
MRDS ID W025940
MAS/MILS ID 0061090051
Record type Site
Current site name Shafer Mine
Alternate or previous names Pereira
Related records 10077874

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.4954, 37.90182 (WGS84)
Elevation 351

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 013 E 36 NWNE California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM IS LOCATED ON FLAT VALLEY FLOOR A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF TABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.4954, 37.90182
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 3, CHAPTER 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 26, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    CA DIVISION OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 41, P. 55, PT. 2.

  • Deposit

    TALIFERRO, N.L., 1918, COOP WAR MINERALS INVEST. CAL.

  • Deposit

    CHROME, TUOLUMNE CO., NO. 13.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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