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Reynolds No. 2 Deposit

Past Producer 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. 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 10028483
MRDS ID M005469
Record type Site
Current site name Reynolds No. 2 Deposit
Related records 10211001

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.56217, 39.87737 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Ne Of Se, 06

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stirling City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 005E 06 NE OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATED BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY AND THE RIVER INCOLD SPRINGS GULCH IN SECT. 06.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.56217, 39.87737
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pulga Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. H. Reynolds

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH ORE WAS TAKEN FROM THE DEPOSIT, BUT NO ORE REMAINS. OVER 10 TONS MINED DURING WORLD WAR I.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 275

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF.,V. 2, P.21

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-83 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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