| Deposit ID | 10115390 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W017819 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060150256 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | High Plateau Mine |
| Related records | 10110530 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.95036, 41.92792 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 600 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Del Norte(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
High Plateau Mountain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Del Norte |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt | 018 N | 002 E | 28 | S2NWNE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -123.95036, 41.92792 |
|---|
| Strike | N20W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 15E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 104M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 660M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1917 |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| District name | Gasquet |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eugene R. Brown |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1979 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060150256 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W017819 | MAS references MRDS |
ALLEN,J.E., 1941, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CHROMITE
DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES REPOR
37, P. 117-118.
CATER, F.W., JR., AND WELLS, F.G., 1953, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL
RESOURCES OF THE GASQUET QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA-OREGON:
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 995-C, PLATE 11.
O'BRIEN,J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF
MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 272-273.
O'BRIEN,J.C., 1957, HIGH PLATEAU MINE: CALIFORNIA
DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, UNPUBLISHED MINE REPORT,
P. 1.
WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A.,
1946, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NRTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA:
CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN, 134, PART 1,
CHAPTER 1, P. 32-35,37, PLATE 4,5,6.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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