Lehigh Canyon Patent Property

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Chromium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10110884
MRDS ID	W024494
Record type	Site
Current site name	Lehigh Canyon Patent Property
Alternate or previous names	Deposits: Poco Tiempo Quartz Mine, Buttercup Chromeoccurrence
Related records	10237070

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-120.78659, 39.02739 (WGS84)
Elevation	744
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
	014N;014N	011E;011E	30;30	SW OF NE	California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	43% CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-120.78659, 39.02739	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Forest Hill Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner F. P. Bowers, E. W. Drummond, M. D. House

Production statistics

Year

1918

Material

ORE CR

Accuracy

Estimate

Description

Ap_Grade: ^40 % Cr203

Importance	Item	Commodity	Group	Amount recovered	Grade	Recovery percentage
	Cr2O3 Ore	Chromium	Chromium		40wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND SMALL OPEN PITS.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W024494

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DOM BULL 134 PT,3, CHAP 5,P 228,PL13; GLG MAP OF CA,CHICO
Production

CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 228

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1983	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)	U.S. Geological Survey