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Bull Mountain Lode

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 10030714
MRDS ID M009045
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Mountain Lode
Related records 10139327

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.94442, 39.4757 (WGS84)
Relative position MIGHT BE IN SEC. 36 WHERE SERP IS EXPOSED. NEAR LAKE PILLSBURY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Pillsbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mendocino 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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 010W 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.94442, 39.4757
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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 Dave Dondero And A. M. Akins

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENTS OF 60 TONS WERE MADE IN 1944, AND 25 TONS WERE MINED BUT NOT SHIPPED IN 1945.

Comments on the workings information

  • STRIPPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES JOUR. VOL. 43, NO. 1 (1947) PP. 20-21

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 179, FIG. 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A NEW LENS NOW EXPOSED WHICH WILL REQUIRE UNDERGROUND MINING IS PRODUCING ONE TON OF CHROME ORE FOR EACH FOOT OF DEPTH.

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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