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Bowie Estate

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027955
MRDS ID M004643
Record type Site
Current site name Bowie Estate
Related records 10187477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.55433, 37.9488 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Relative position NUMBER OF DEPOSITS SCATTERED ABOUT THE PROPERTY WHICH LIE EITHER IN SEC. 9 OR 16,SW1/4 9; NW1/4 NE1/4 16; SE1/4 9, MAP GP-561
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 013E 09,16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVG. 34 - 42 % CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.55433, 37.9488
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Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCATTERED DEPOSITS, MOSTLY IRREGULAR LENSES OF CHROMITE, SOME IN GRAY DUNITE, SOME IN LEACHED SERPENTINE, RANGING FROM LOW TO HIGH-GRADE ORE. SMALL AMOUNTS OF TALC, MAGNESITE AND MALACHITE PRESENT IN SEVERAL OF THE DEPOSITS.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name French Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PROBABLY NOT LESS THAN 400 LONG TONS; RESERVES SMALL

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHAFTS, SMALL PITS, & OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M004643

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B.134 PT.III, CH. 2, P. 44-45 AND PL. 5; B. 145, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 21, 128, AND PL. D

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M. C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey