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Toujours Gai Elk Camp

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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029801
MRDS ID M007575
Record type Site
Current site name Toujours Gai Elk Camp
Related records 10211593

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.88172, 41.94482 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position NW1/4 (ON LINE BETWEEN SECS. 18 & 19)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Plateau Mountain(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 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.88172, 41.94482
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ernest J. Petersen And Louis Harper

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 400 LONG TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1943 AND 100 TONS IN 1944 WHICH AVERAGED ALMOST 50 PERCENT CR2O3 AND HAD A CHROMIUM IRON RATIO OF 3.20. IDLE IN OCTOBER, 1951.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, P. 275, 293

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, P. 43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THINK IT SHOULD BE SEC. 19 INSTEAD OF 20 AS IT IS SO LOCATED ON PLATE 1 OF CALIF. B. 134 AND BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION.

Reporter information

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

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