Asbestos King

Occurrence in Plumas county in California, United States with commodity Asbestos
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285655
MAS/MILS ID 0060630811
Record type Site
Current site name Asbestos King

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.37996, 39.99847 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kimshew Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lassen 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 005 E 26 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Mesozoic gabbroic rocks, unit 2 (undivided)

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AKA ORLAND ASSBESTOS IN 1927

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY ANTHPHYLLITE

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR-55-83, BUCK LAKE 7 CHIPS CREEK RARE 11 AREAS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Linne, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.