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Hendricks No. 2 Occurrence

Past Producer 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098219
MRDS ID M005385
Record type Site
Current site name Hendricks No. 2 Occurrence
Related records 10114176

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.56634, 39.70876 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Ne, 06

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

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 021N 004E 06 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yankee Hill Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hendricks, William

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND AN ADIT 120 FTLONG ENDING IN A SHORT RAISE TO THE OPEN CUT.

Comments on development

  • A SMALL CONCENTRATING MILL WAS BUILT ON THE PROPERTYIN 1918 AND WAS USED A SHORT TIME BEFORE BEING MOVED TO ANOTHER PROPERTY IN THE SAME YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134, III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 281

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 19

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 281

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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