The Pfeiffer is a chromium mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Pfeiffer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pfeiffer
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. J. Varozza
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 (Deposit): GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION ON P. 122, BULL. 134 AND LAND NET AND LOCATION SHOWN ON PL. 8 DO NOT SEEM TO AGREE. USGS QUAD. LATROBE, CALIF. 1950, SHOWS MOUTH OF LITTLE INDIAN CREEK IN SEC. 13, 8N, 9E.
Comment (Production): PFEIFFER OPERATED DURING WWI AND PRODUCED 80 LONG TONS OF ORE; A SMALL AMOUNT OF PROSPECT DONE DURING 1942 BUT NO ORE WAS MINED. ALL DEPOSITS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, LARGEST BEING 30 FT. LONG, 3 TO 6 FT. WIDE, AND 10 FT. DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 472
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 4, P. 122 AND PL. 8
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