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Detert Property

Producer in Amador 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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028109
MRDS ID M004924
Record type Site
Current site name Detert Property
Related records 10260281

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91685, 38.49073 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR CTR. OF SEC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Irish Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 010E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91685, 38.49073
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Detert, W. F. (Estate)
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED DURING WWI AND PRODUCED ABOUT 190 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 38 PERCENT CHROMIC OXIDE; POSSIBLY ADDITIONAL ORE MIGHT BE OBTAINED BY DEEPER MINING

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PITS; MUCH OF THE ORE PLOWED FROM THE SOIL OVERLYING THE SERPENTINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULL. 134 (DOM) PT. 3, CHAP. 2, P. 55-6

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 234

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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