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Dickerson Property

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031706
MRDS ID M011017
Record type Site
Current site name Dickerson Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.09465, 39.19489 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position N1/2 N1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley(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 015N 008E 04 N2 OF NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.09465, 39.19489
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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 Dorsey And Ridge

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATORS REPORTED THAT 6 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 30 TO 40 PERCENT CR2O3 WAS SHIPPED FROM THE DEPOSIT IN 1918.

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 247, PL. 13

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 449

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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