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Parkeson Claim

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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098220
MRDS ID M005427
Record type Site
Current site name Parkeson Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.54384, 39.82987 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position OLD UTAH MINE IN SE 1/4 NE 1/4., Assumed Spot Center Se Of Se, 20

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise East(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)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 004E 20 SE OF SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.54384, 39.82987
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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 Magalia Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Glover, A. M. And Parkeson, R.
    First year 1943

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41.27 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 41wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED 31.4 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 41.27 PERCENT CR2O3 AND 11.82 PERCENT FE WITH A CR TO FE RATIO OF 2.39 IN 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 273

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 22

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT.3, CHAPT. 5, P. 273

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLOTTED IN SEC. 29 IN BULL. 134, PROBABLY INCORRECTLY. PALEOZOIC MARINE ROCK AT SURFACE (CHICO SHEET)

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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