Oakie Claim, Benner-Barrington Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10043607
MRDS ID	M100400
Record type	Site
Current site name	Oakie Claim, Benner-Barrington Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-120.98298, 39.84932 (WGS84)
Elevation	1524
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	Assumed Spot Center Se Of Sw, Sect. 16.
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	023N	009E	16	SE OF SW	California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-120.98298, 39.84932	ListMap

Ore body information

General form LENSE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Middle Fork Of Feather River Area

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Benner, A. A. And Barrington, R. E.

Home office Quincy, Ca.

Comments on the workings information

WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M100400

Bibliographic references

Deposit

RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 297, 298

Reporter information

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