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Black Streak Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032091
MRDS ID M012282
Record type Site
Current site name Black Streak Claim
Related records 10261672

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93797, 39.09183 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colfax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 009E 02 N2 OF NE OF SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: APPARENTLY NO MINABLE ORE BODY COULD BE FOUND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer W. D. Parker, W. N. Kelley

Mining district

District name Colfax - New England Mills Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Parker, Willis D. And Kelley, William N.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 5, P. 228-9, PL. 14

  • Deposit

    SR-67, PL. 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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