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Roberts Claims

Past Producer in Santa Barbara 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10286438
MRDS ID M100170
MAS/MILS ID 0060830108
Record type Site
Current site name Roberts Claims
Alternate or previous names Look-Out Chrome Claim, Roberts Claim, Pine Chrome Claim, Fir Chrome Claim
Related records 10109758

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.95455, 34.74579 (WGS84)
Elevation 951
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Figueroa Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Los Padres 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 Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 029 W 29 NWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.95455, 34.74579
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N75W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800806

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. L. Roberts
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Nelson Taylor
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1953, PART II, CHAPT. 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 71.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOURTEEN SHALLOW CUTS HAVE BEEN DUG ON THESE CLAIMS AT PLAC E FLOAT WAS FOUND. ONLY CHROMITE SEEN IN PLACE OCCURRED AS S NCHES IN A SHEAR ZONE IN SERPENTINE.IN 1942 35 TONS OF MASSI T ORE WAS SHIPPED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-FEB-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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