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Mosquito Lake Chrome Mine

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030570
MRDS ID M008769
Record type Site
Current site name Mosquito Lake Chrome Mine
Related records 10212044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.69253, 41.36566 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Relative position MINE SYMBOLS IN NE1/4 AND SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 011N 004E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.69253, 41.36566
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Llewellyn O. Wilder And Son

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENTS BEING MADE TO YREKA STOCKPILE IN 1943. 145 LONG TONS OF ORE SHIPPED DURING 1942-43; ASSAYED 40% CR2O3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, JAN. 1943, P. 78; V. 39, JULY, 1943, P. 325

  • Deposit

    USGS MR-26

  • Deposit

    BULL. 134, PT. 1, CHAP. 3, P. 186

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 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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