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Camp 8st. Patrick

Producer in Del Norte 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109208
MRDS ID M007538
Record type Site
Current site name Camp 8st. Patrick

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87948, 41.7651 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 016N 003E 19 California

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 Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. H. Bennett And J. K. Remsen

Comments on the production information

  • 27 LONG TONS OF 40 PERCENT CR2O3 SHIPPED IN 1942. PROPERTY IDLE SINCE 1944. 100 TONS MINED IN 1918.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, PP. 269, 286

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, PP. 59-60

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIECES OF ORE,RANGING FROM GRAINS A SIXTEENTH OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER TO LUMPS WEIGHING 100 POUNDS ARE FOUND IN THE HEAVY OVERBURDEN OF SOIL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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