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Half Chrome Mine

Occurrence in Nevada 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. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031685
MRDS ID M010877
Record type Site
Current site name Half Chrome Mine
Alternate or previous names Limekin, Wolf Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.09936, 39.08906 (WGS84)
Elevation 536
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position S1/2 SW1/4, Assumed Spot Center Of S2 Of Sw, Sect. 4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Combie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 008E 04 S2 OF SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.09936, 39.08906
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wolf Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Guy Walsh Mr. Hall
    First year 1917
    Last year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED BY E. H. THOMPSON (OWNER) AND H. C. SCHROEDER IN 1916 WHO SHIPPED 40 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 35 PERCENT CR2O3; WALSH AND HALL REPORTED PRODUCTION OF 147 LONG TONS IN 1917; NO PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1918 AND NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 4 FT. WIDE, 8 TO 10 FT. LONG, 10 FT. DEEP; ANOTHER ABOUT 30 FT. SE 3 FT. WIDE, 6 FT. LONG, 10 FT. DEEP PROSPECT TRENCH 2 TO 3 FT. WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 248, PL. 13

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 467

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME MAGNETITE REPORTED PRESENT AND SOME OF THE ORE WAS SAID TO BE MIXED WITH HEMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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