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River Side Claim

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 10028493
MRDS ID M005483
Record type Site
Current site name River Side Claim
Related records 10211286

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.44438, 39.72294 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berry Creek(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

Plumas 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 005E 32 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.44438, 39.72294
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE MINED FROM SURFACE WORKINGS AND NONE WAS LEFT IN THE DEPOSIT WHEN CLAIM ABANDONED. CHROMITE IN SERPENTINIZED ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Bar Mountain Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. C. Akin
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • 10 LONG TONS OF ORE SHIPPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 5, P. 279 AND PL. 13

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 22

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 264

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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