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Buzzard and Blue Jay Claims

Past 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 10077056
MRDS ID W024449
Record type Site
Current site name Buzzard and Blue Jay Claims
Related records 10139897

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78214, 39.1135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085

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 015N;015N 011E;011E 30;;30 NE OF SW OF NW OF SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78214, 39.1135
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past 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 Operator
    Owner V. S. And H. R. Marall
    First year 1943

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1942-1943
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^49.47 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 49wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CHAP 3 P 218 PL 14 SR 67 PLS 1 3 CJMG V 39 NO 3

  • Deposit

    JULY 1943 P 318

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 218, 307

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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