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Glen Prospect

Occurrence in Butte 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091951
MRDS ID M005439
Record type Site
Current site name Glen Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sourdough Prospet W.W. I
Related records 10284324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.54273, 39.99126 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center E2 Of Se, 29

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stirling City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 004E 29 E2 OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT NEAR THE HIGHWAY AND HOTEL AT INSKIP ON EAST EDGE OF SE, 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.54273, 39.99126
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Butte Creek Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. W. Glenn

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL LENSES MINED IN 1917 BUT NO ORE SHIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134, III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 266

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF SEVERAL LENSES OF ORE UP TO 2 FT WIDE AND A FEW FT LONG.
Deposit SMALL OCCURRENCES OF CHROMITE - ONLY A FEW TONS OF ORE WAS IN SIGHT AT THE PROSPECT IN 1941 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-83 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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