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Chaparral Hills Deposits

Occurrence in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036140
MRDS ID M024196
Record type Site
Current site name Chaparral Hills Deposits
Related records 10283955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.1591, 39.53877 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR CHAPPARAL HILL NEAR GRIZZLY CREEK-46 MILES FROM OROVILLE ON SUSANVILLE ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clipper Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST.; TAKEN ON POSITION OF GRIZZLY CREEK NEAR ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.1591, 39.53877
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    10TH CENSUS, VOL. 15-1880; 1886; REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, P. 504

  • Deposit

    EGENHOFF, E.L., 1948: IRON RESOURCES OF CA.: CA. DIV. MINES BULL. 129, P. 289

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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