| Deposit ID | 10043620 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M100420 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | White Pine Mine |
| Related records | 10212610 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.99271, 39.86377 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1597 |
| Relative position | APPROX. 9 KM S-SW OF QUINCY, CA. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Plumas |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 023N | 009E | 17 | N2 OF NE OF NE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite |
| (1) | -120.99271, 39.86377 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Melones Fault Zone Is Eastern Contact Of Ultramafic Belt. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Shear Zone, Striking N 30 W And Dipping 45 Ne, Cuts Ore Body. |
| General form | POD |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1937 |
| Discoverer | Louis Eddelbuttel |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| Year of last production | 1957 |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Weeks, Herman |
| First year | 1957 |
| Year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^47% Cr2o3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^50% Cr2o3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^54.7% Cr2o3, Cr To Fe Ratio 3.3 To 1 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M100420 |
RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 293-295.
STINSON, M. C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PODS TRENDING N 26 W AND DIPPING 43 NE, WHICH IS PARALLEL TO THE SHEAR ZONE THAT ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE ULTRAMAFIC BODY'S LONG AXIS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | 14-MAR-1994 | Mosier, D.L. | U.S. Geological Survey | CORRECTED LAT.-LONG. |
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1982 | Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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