The Hoosier Gulch Placers Granite Bar is a chromium mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Mine Info
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Hoosier Gulch Placers Granite Bar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hoosier Gulch Placers Granite Bar
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hoosier Gulch Placers
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): DREDGE WAS WORKING THE GRAVELS UNTIL CLOSED DOWN BY THE WAR ON 12/1/42. ONLY RELIABLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONTENT OF THE GRAVEL WAS FROM A 400-LB. SAMPLE OF BANK RUN GRAVEL WHICH YIELDED 15 LB. OF CONCENTRATE CONTAINING 24.9% CR2O3 AND 39.5 PERCENT OF FE. A NONMAGNETIC FRACTION REPRESENTING 17% OF THE CONCENTRATE CONTAINED 45.2 PERCENT CR2O3 AND 23.0% FE. APPROXIMATELY 180,000 CU.YDS OF GRAVEL REMAINED TO BE WORKED WHEN DREDGE CLOSED DOWN.
Comment (Workings): DRAGLINE DREDGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 470
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP 4, P. 148 AND PL. 8
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 922-0
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