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Thompson Ranch Occurrence

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 10031687
MRDS ID M010882
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Ranch Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10853, 39.09461 (WGS84)
Elevation 451
Relative position E. PART OF SEC.

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 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10853, 39.09461
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Wolf Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Henry Yue
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1918, IT WAS REPORTED THAT 28 LONG TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED & IT WAS THOUGHT THE ORE BODY MIGHT YIELD AS MUCH AS 300 LONG TONS. HOW MUCH OF ORE WAS ACTUALLY SHIPPED IS NOT KNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1918 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SHAFT 20 FT. DEEP, DRIFT 25 FT. LONG FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, PP. 247-8, P. 13

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 466

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISES 640 ACRES. REPORTS ON DEPOSITS IN SECS. 4, 5 AND 16 HAVE BEEN IN CONFLICT, BUT INFORMATION AS SHOWN ABOVE APPEARS TO BE CORRECT FOR THIS LOCATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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