Stafford

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030129
MRDS ID M008064
Record type Site
Current site name Stafford
Related records 10162673

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80824, 38.93295 (WGS84)
Relative position NR. N1/4 COR. (PL. 8). LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES NE OF GEORGETOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 010E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80824, 38.93295

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ethel S. Hughes

Comments on the production information

  • RECORDED PRODUCTION OF 198 LONG TONS OF CHROMITE SHIPPED IN 1918 AND A FEW TONS IN 1942-43. RESERVES ARE SMALL.

Comments on the workings information

  • A NUMBER OF SMALL OPEN CUTS, PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 474

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. R, PP. 161-162 AND PL. 8

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.

Authoritative California resources

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