1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Eureka Occurrence

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043485
MRDS ID M100256
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.25583, 40.45596 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 5 MILES SW OF PEANUT, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Ne 1/4, Sect. 18

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naufus Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 012W 18 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.25583, 40.45596
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ONE OF SEVERAL DIKE LIKE PERIDOTITE BODIES THAT ARE NW TRENDING ACROSS CENTRAL TO SW TRINITY CO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Indian Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cummins, Frank
    First year 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 169, 173.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, CDMG COUNTY REPORT NO. 4, P. 57.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP OF CHROMITE 3.5 FT WIDE ALLONY ABOVE STRIKE FOR 150 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.