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Merrifield 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031733
MRDS ID M011110
Record type Site
Current site name Merrifield Property
Related records 10212980

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.05215, 39.25961 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position SW1/4, Assumed Spot Center Sw, Sect. 11

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(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 016N 008E 11 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.05215, 39.25961
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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 Nevada City - Grass Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nevada Co. Chrome Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NEVADA CHROME MINED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF THE DISSEEMINATED ORE IN 1918, AND SHIPPED TO MILL FOR CONCENTRATION. PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN 25 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATE, CONTAINING ABOUT 36 PERCENT CR2O3 WAS MADE FROM THE ORE IN THIS DEPOSIT; THE EXACT AMOUNT WAS NOT KNOWN AS THE MILL DID NOT MAKE SEPARATE REPORTS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 30 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 242, PL. 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE BODY WAS REPORTED TO BE AT LEAST 6 FT. WIDE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT, AND MAY HAVE BEEN WIDER. THE DISSEMINATED ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 10 PERCENT CR2O3; THE SMALL "BUNCHES" 36 PERCENT.

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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