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Eagle Claim

Producer in San Luis Obispo 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 10043640
MRDS ID M100457
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Claim
Related records 10281417

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7432, 35.4158 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF NE 1/4 SECT. 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atascadero(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Los Padres 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 San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 011E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7432, 35.4158
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sweetwater-Norcross Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pierce, W. W.

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 150 LONG TONS OF ORE PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL UPPER PIT AND A TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART II, CHAPT. 2, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J.E., 1941, GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, P. 141

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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