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Maxwell Claim

Producer in Calaveras 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109133
MRDS ID M005740
Record type Site
Current site name Maxwell Claim
Related records 10114269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73545, 38.1388 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 011E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.73545, 38.1388
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 33 TONS OF CHROMITE CONTAINING 47% OF CHROMIC OXIDE WAS MINED FROM A SINGLE POD IN 1916. THERE IS SAID TO BE SOME LOW-GRADE ORE IN THE VICINITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Valley Springs Area

Comments on the production information

  • 33 TONS OF PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 49 AND PL. 5; B. 76, P. 122

  • Deposit

    SEE ADFILE WHICH REFERS TO CR IN 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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