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White Fir Claim, Benner and Barrington Group

Past Producer in Plumas 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. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043606
MRDS ID M100399
Record type Site
Current site name White Fir Claim, Benner and Barrington Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98826, 39.85321 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Nw Of Sw, Sect. 16.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onion Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 009E 16 NW OF SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE 38,81% CR2O3, 12.02% FE, CR TO FE RATIO 2.21 TO

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98826, 39.85321
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 3.05M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Middle Fork Of Feather River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Benner, A. A. And Barrington, R. E.
    Home office Quincy, Ca.
    First year 1942
    Last year 1943

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^38.81% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 39wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT 15 FT LONG, 4 FT WIDE, 15 FT HIGH AT THE FACE (1943).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 297, 29

  • Production

    CDMG BUL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 298

Reporter information

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

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