The Bear River Chrome Mine is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California.
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Mine Info
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Bear River Chrome Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear River Chrome Mine
Secondary: Sullivan Chrome Mine
Secondary: Sullivan-Hemphill-Nobel Mine 1917-22
Secondary: Becky Mine ?
Secondary: Central Pacific Lease
Secondary: Black Nugget Mine World War Ii
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Dutch Flat Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Pacific Gas And Electric Co.
Years: 1949 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE NORTH EDGE OF NE OF NW, SECT. 19
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF A SERIES OF LENSES AND BOULDER FLOAT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS, A CROSSCUT, A SHORT RAISE AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS AND PITS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE EASTERNMOST OF 3 SUBPARALLEL BELTS OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS THAT TREND NORTHWARD ACROSS PLACER CO.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 200, 204
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 199, 200, 204, 306
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