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Hooper Prospect

Occurrence in Nevada 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092427
MRDS ID M011546
Record type Site
Current site name Hooper Prospect
Related records 10140102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.01353, 39.23156 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Sw, Sect. 19

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 009E 19 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.01353, 39.23156
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nevada City - Grass Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hooper, A. E.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED IN 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 245, PL. 13

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 454

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOOPER PROSPECTED ON A 75-ACRE TRACT OF PATENTED LAND BUT THE STRINGER LOCATED WAS NOT ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY ANY WORK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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