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West Chrome Mine

Producer in Placer 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110839
MRDS ID W024367
Record type Site
Current site name West Chrome Mine
Alternate or previous names Prospects: Knob Hill, West
Related records 10139810, 10189053

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.79936, 39.17545 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot In Sect. 01

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N;015N 010E;010E 01;12 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • KNOB HILL PROSPECT LOCATED IN NW CORNER, NE, 12 ON WEST SIDE OF A CANYON TRIBUTARY TO THE RIVER. WEST PROSPECT ON SAME SIDE AS KNOB HILL BUT NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE CANYON IN SECT. 01. LOCATION OF 3RD DEPOSIT UNKNOWN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 42 - 54 % CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.79936, 39.17545
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. N. West
    First year 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134,PT 3,CH 5,P 202,207, PL 13;GEOL MAP OF CA,CHICO;15TH

  • Deposit

    REPT ST MIN P 326;SO PAC CO,MIN FOR IND,N CA,V 2,P 15

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 207

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-83 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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