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Hewes and Jones Claims

Producer in Placer 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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077034
MRDS ID W024404
Record type Site
Current site name Hewes and Jones Claims
Alternate or previous names Claims: Pitt, Hazel, Snow, New Hope
Related records 10189215

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76131, 39.08545 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot In Sect. 05

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foresthill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N;014N 011E;011E 05;08 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATIONS UNSURE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76131, 39.08545
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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 Forest Hill Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. I Hewes, O. H. Jones
    First year 1918

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^56.3 - 60.0 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 58wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CHAP 5 P 223 PL 14 SR 67 PLS 1

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 201, 202, 223.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-83 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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