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Cantonwine Prospect

Past Producer in Shasta 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043444
MRDS ID M100207
Record type Site
Current site name Cantonwine Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hilt Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.41138, 41.05374 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 10 MILES SOUTH OF DUNSMUIR, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Section 23

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicken Hawk Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 005W 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Lherzolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.41138, 41.05374
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • A LARGE TABULAR SHAPED BODY OF PERIDOTITE WITH AN ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE OCCURRES IN THE NW CORNER OF THE COUNTY. CHROMITE IS FOUND IN PODS AND DISSEMINATED DEPOSITS IN THIS BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shotgun Creek Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1 CHAPT. 3, P. 142-145, 157

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 142-145

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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Authoritative California resources

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