Pecwan Mine Englebright, New Mon

Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109218
MRDS ID M008733
Record type Site
Current site name Pecwan Mine Englebright, New Mon
Related records 10236094

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.78697, 41.39316 (WGS84)
Relative position ON PECWAN CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Creek Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 012N 003E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.78697, 41.39316

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHROMITE DEPOSIT IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 73 TONS REPORTED SHIPPED IN 1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. 1, CHAPTER 3, P. 186-87 AND PL. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE GRADE 42% CR2O3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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