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Gaver Prospect

Occurrence in Sonoma 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043531
MRDS ID M100311
Record type Site
Current site name Gaver Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.95301, 38.42294 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED A SPOT AT CENTER OF SECT. 27.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Meeker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sonoma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 010W 27 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 Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.95301, 38.42294
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE, POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gaver, A. P.

Comments on the production information

  • CALDWELL (1918) SAW APPROXIMATELY 0.5 TON OF ORE IN PLACE

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED SEVERAL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW, D. H. AND THAYER, T. P., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134 PART 2, CHAPT. 1 P 26, 36.

  • Deposit

    CALDWELL, F. B., 1918, REPORTS ON CHROME LOCALITIES IN CALIF., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 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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