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Shennandoah Claim

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110886
MRDS ID W024499
Record type Site
Current site name Shennandoah Claim
Alternate or previous names Claims: No.1, No.2
Related records 10188509

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.15188, 39.99709 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bucks Lake(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)

Bucks Lake Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 025N 007E 25 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINED LESS THAN 35 % CR203.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.15188, 39.99709
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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 Meadow Valley Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Benner, A. A. And Barrington, R. E.
    Home office Quincy, Ca
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eddelbuttel, A.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION APPROX. 12 LT ORE IN 1943.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT.5, P. 291

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 291.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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