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Richey Property

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10211715
MRDS ID M007558
MAS/MILS ID 0060150127
Record type Site
Current site name Richey Property
Alternate or previous names Richey
Related records 10029787

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.85196, 41.97982 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(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 018 N 003 E 05 SESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Mesozoic gabbroic rocks, unit 2 (undivided)
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 6M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820414

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Diamond Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. J. And V. I. Richey Prospected In 1943
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • THE RICHEY BROTHERS SHIPPED 13 LONG TONS OF ORE. THE ORE AVE .5 PERCENT CR2O3 INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,F.G.,ET AL,1946,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.1,CHAP.1,P.41

  • Deposit

    CAL JOUR MINES AND GEOL.VOL.48,NO.4,1952,P.291

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hayashi U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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