Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10043380 |
| MRDS ID |
M100114 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Kirkland Lease |
Geographic coordinates
|
Geographic coordinates:
|
-119.41346, 36.93883 (WGS84)
|
| Location accuracy |
1000(meters)
|
| Relative position |
Assumed Spot Sect.25 |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
California |
Fresno |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| Mount Diablo |
011S |
023E |
25 |
|
California |
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Chromium |
Primary |
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Chromite |
Ore |
Analytical data
| Result |
LOW GRADE - 10% CR2O3 |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
> Peridotite
> Dunite |
Ore body information
| General form |
LINEAR, PLANAR BANDED STREAKS |
| Strike |
N 45 W |
| Dip |
60 NE |
| Plunge |
65 S
|
| Width |
0.03M
|
| Length |
0.05M
|
Comments on the geologic information
- THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF WATTS VALLEY OCCUR ON THE EASTERN LIMB OF A SYNCLINAL, NE PLUNGING ULTRAMAFIC SILL. THE EASTERN LIMB, KNOWN AS HOG MTN, IS A LITTLE OVER A MILE WIDE, WHILE THE WESTERN LIMB, WHICH FORMS RED MTN, AVERAGES 3 MILES WIDE. THE TWO LIMBS JOIN TO THE NW AND TOGETHER FORM A DISCONTINUOUS TRIANGULAR EXPOSURE OF PERIDOTITE 10 MILES LONG AND 8 MILES WIDE ACROSS THE BASE.
