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Benner-Barrington Group

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043608
MRDS ID M100401
Record type Site
Current site name Benner-Barrington Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Lucky Three, Pine Cone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98521, 39.85127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center 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;023N 009E;009E 16;16 SW OF SE (16); CENTER OF SW (16) California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98521, 39.85127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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. (Lucky Three Claim)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eddelbuttel, A. (Pine Cone)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED ON THE LUCKY THREE CLAIM OF 2 SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • APPROX. 2 TONS ORE PILED ON PINE CONE CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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