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Black Crow No. 1 and No. 2 Claims

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043524
MRDS ID M100301
Record type Site
Current site name Black Crow No. 1 and No. 2 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51472, 41.15874 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 20 MILES W. OF CASTELLA, CA., Assumed Spot Center Ne, Sect. 14, Assumed Spot Center Ne, Sect. 14, Assumed Spot Center Ne, Sect. 14

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mumbo Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 038N 006W 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ON A RIDGE 500 FT ABOVE RAMSHORM ROAD BETWEEN TWO BRANCHES OF CROW CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.51472, 41.15874
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PERIDOTITE BODY THAT COVERS APPROX. 300 SQ. MILES OF NE TRINITY CO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Richard H. Williams, Sacramento, Ca.

Mining district

District name Crow Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, CDMG 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 37, P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THESE CLAIMS MAY CONFLICT IN PART WITH THE BLACK CRANE CLAIM (M100298) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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