The Green is a chromium and gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
About the MRDS Data:
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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Green MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Green
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John J. Taylor
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: Gold
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Workings): A 350-FT. ADIT, TWO SHORT CROSSCUTS, A 60 FT. RAISE AND WINZE 20 FT. DEEP; A 40-FT. SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): STATE REFERENCES SHOW LOCATION IN SW1/4; ABOVE LOC. PER USGS TOPO MAP
Comment (Production): MINE ORIGINALLY OPERATED FOR GOLD BUT CHROMITE WAS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT WORK. OPERATED BY L.H. BUTCHER CO. DURING WWI, WHEN 110 LONG TONS OF CHROMITE WERE SHIPPED IN 1917 AND AN UNKNOWN AMT. IN 1918; TAYLOR SHIPPED 64 LONG TONS OF ORE IN 1942. RESERVES ARE PROBABLY SMALL . SMALL VEINS OF CALCITE, TALC, AND KAMMERERITE ARE VERY NUMEROUS IN SPECIMENTS OF ORE FROM THE DUMP.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 469 AND 505
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 4, PP. 162-3, PL. 8
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