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Buckhorn Occurrence

Occurrence in Placer 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 10043548
MRDS ID M100330
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.89797, 38.97795 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center N2, 18

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 010E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.89797, 38.97795
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A BELT OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS THAT TREND NNW ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM THE GAS CANYON AREA THROUGH THE COLFAX-NEW ENGLAND MILLS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gas Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dewitt, W. G.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Smart, A. A.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Burnham, G. B.
    First year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-83 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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