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Black Crane Claim

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043521
MRDS ID M100298
Record type Site
Current site name Black Crane Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.52555, 41.15874 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 20 MILES W OF CASTELLA, CA., Assumed Spot Center Nw, Sect. 14
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
038N 006W 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO THE CROW GREEN MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.52555, 41.15874
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Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PERIDOTITE BODY THAT COVERS APPROX. 300 SQ. MILES OF NE TRINITY CO.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer J.A. Buckley And Bud Wagner

Mining district

District name Crow Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN PRODUCTION DURING 1914 - 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A CUT 10 FT LONG, 4 FT WIDE AND 10 FT DEEP, NOW PARTLY CAVED (1941).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M100298

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, CDMG 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 37, P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS CLAIM MAY CONFLICT IN PART WITH THE BLACK CROW NO. 1 AND 2 CLAIMS (M100597) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey