Grumpy

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10029772
MRDS ID	M007540
Record type	Site
Current site name	Grumpy
Related records	10115469

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-123.87337, 41.75482 (WGS84)
Relative position	NE1/4
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Humboldt	016N	003E	30		California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-123.87337, 41.75482	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner C. H. Bennett And J. K. Remsen

First year 1942

Comments on the production information

ABOUT 150 TONS OF CHROMITE SHIPPED IN 1942. IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

BULLDOZER CUTS AND TWO SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M007540

Bibliographic references

Deposit

CALIF JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, P. 288
Deposit

D.O.M. BULL. 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, P. 61

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	NO ORE SEEN IN PLACE EXCEPT IN SOUTH ADIT WHERE 9 INCHES OF MEDIUM-GRAINED CHROMITE MIXED WITH A LITTLE KAMMERERITE, TALC, MAGNESITE AND SERPENTINE WERE SEEN. ON DUMP IS BANDED MATERIAL MADE UP OF LAYERS FROM ONE TO SEVERAL INCHES THICK IN WHICH NEARLY BARREN DUNITE ALTERNATES WITH ORE CONTAINING 10 TO 20% CHROMITE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1972	Gere, W.	U.S. Geological Survey