Codd Prospects

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Chromium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10031753
MRDS ID	M011189
Record type	Site
Current site name	Codd Prospects
Related records	10189131

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-121.07993, 39.24683 (WGS84)
Elevation	683
Relative position	NE1/4
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	016N	008E	21	NE	California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-121.07993, 39.24683	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1918

Mining district

District name	Nevada City - Grass Valley Area

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Codd, A. A.
Type Owner

Owner H. B. Skewes

Comments on the production information

ABOUT 71 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING APPROX. 15 PERCENT CR2O3 WAS MINED BUT NO SHIPMENTS WERE MADE.

Comments on the workings information

A NUMBER OF SMALL OPEN CUTS AND PITS.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M011189

Bibliographic references

Deposit

D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 243, PL. 13
Deposit

CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 448

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	TWO CHROME CLAIMS. LOCATED ON 56 ACRES PATENTED LAND.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1973	Gere, W.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-JUL-1982	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)	U.S. Geological Survey