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Houghton Property

Past Producer in Fresno 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043375
MRDS ID M100108
Record type Site
Current site name Houghton Property
Alternate or previous names Spike Buck Claim?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.23178, 36.84634 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Sect. 34, Assumed Spot Sect. 34, Assumed Spot Sect. 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luckett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia 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 Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 025E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION IN SECTION 34.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SERPENTINE CONTAINS 5-20% CR2O3

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.23178, 36.84634
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1918
    Total resources 111000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 5 wt-pct Chromium Major 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS. SOME MASSIVE ORE FOUND AS FLOAT BUT NONE FOUND IN PLACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPTER 3, P. 9

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, P. 96.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-80 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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