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Cedar Flat Claim

Past Producer in Plumas 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098567
MRDS ID M100394
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Flat Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02354, 39.88071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 15 MILES SE OF MEADOW VALLEY, CA., Assumed Spot Center Sw, Sect. 6, Assumed Spot Center Sw, Sect. 6

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 009E 06 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM LOCATED ALONG THE WEST EDGE OF ROCK CREEK ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Louis Eddelbuttel
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Rock Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Patterson And Spivey
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. R. Patterson, E. V. Spivey, Quincy, Ca.
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 2.44M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT WITH ABOVE DIMENSIONS AND A SHALLOW TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYHEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 292

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 292

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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