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Richey

Occurrence in Del Norte 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029787
MRDS ID M007558
Record type Site
Current site name Richey
Related records 10211715

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.85199, 41.97982 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4 SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 018N 003E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • THIRTEEN TONS OF FLOAT ORE SHIPPED IN 1943 ASSAYED 39.5 PERCENT CR2O3 WITH A CHROMIUM-IRON RATIO OF 2.42. IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS AND GLORY HOLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO.4, OCT. 1952, P. 291

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, P. 41

  • Deposit

    USGS B. 995-C, P. 41, PL. 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESERVES CANNOT BE ESTIMATED BUT APPEAR SMALL.

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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