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I Wonder Occurrence

Past Producer in Trinity 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043492
MRDS ID M100265
Record type Site
Current site name I Wonder Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.07361, 40.33846 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 5 MILES SOUTH OF WILDWOOD, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Sect. 26

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony Buck Peak(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 029N 011W 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYSIS OF 1954 PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 52% CR203

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ONE OF SEVERAL DIKE LIKE PORIDOTITE 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 Upper Hayfork Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lyle, Smith And Joe Gatliff
    Home office Hayfork, Ca
    First year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL. 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 173.

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 173

Reporter information

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

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