Gold Stripe Claim

Occurrence in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10043613
MRDS ID M100406
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Stripe Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02938, 40.15015 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 12 MILES W. OF GREENVILLE, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyondam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Almanor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(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 027N 008E 36 SW OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATION SHOWN ON 15 MIN. QUAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.02938, 40.15015

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner B. K. Melville, Peerless Development Co.
    Home office Oakland, Ca

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 287, 288, 314

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.