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Holmstedt Deposits

Occurrence in Lake 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 10030646
MRDS ID M008932
Record type Site
Current site name Holmstedt Deposits
Related records 10163478

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.62079, 38.69766 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Detert Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 007W 22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.62079, 38.69766
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Victor Homstedt And Van Warner

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FROM HERE DURING WORLD WAR I.

Comments on the workings information

  • A NUMBER OF TRENCHES AND DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 134, PT. II, CH. 1, P. 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SAMPLE OF AVERAGE ORE ASSAYED 16.09% CR2O3, AND HAD A CHROMIUM-IRON RATIO OF 1.63.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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