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J. G. Curtis Property Parke's Ranch Mine

Occurrence in Butte 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028432
MRDS ID M005388
Record type Site
Current site name J. G. Curtis Property Parke's Ranch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.568, 39.6921 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position S 1/2 NE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 004E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.568, 39.6921
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Cashom

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 100 TONS WERE MINED IN 1916 AND 28 TONS IN 1917. ABOUT 520 TONS TOTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 76 (1918) 119

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 5, P. 262-283

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT SYMBOL ON OROVILLE S 1/2 QUAD

Reporter information

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

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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