Williamson and Cole Claim

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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 10031813
MRDS ID M011547
Record type Site
Current site name Williamson and Cole Claim
Related records 10261579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80992, 39.38878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position PROBABLY SW1/4, Assumed Spot S Edge, Center Sw, Sect. 25

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alleghany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 009E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Washington Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner T. B., R. F., And J. M. Williamson And C. M. Cole
    First year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PIT AND A FEW PROSPECT HOLES AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 245

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPARENTLY THE SOURCE OF THE FLOAT WAS NOT FOUND. ONE CLAIM WAS LOCATED.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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