The Beat Claim is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 3,960 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,960 Feet (1,207 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.19944, -120.77778
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Beat Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beat Claim
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Dutch Flat Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: U.S. Government
Owner Name: Sullivan, D. J.
Years: 1945 -
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1918-1945
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 55% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1917
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 55% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE EASTERNMOST OF 3 SUB PARALLEL BELTS OF ULTRAMA FIC ROCKS THAT TREND NORTH WARD ACROSS PLACER CO.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED (1940'S) OF A SYSTEM OF TUNNELS DRIVEN A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW THE PRE MINING SURFACE. MINE WORKINGS COULD NOT BE FOUND DURING A 1975 VISIT.
Comment (Location): LOCATION OF CLAIM UNCERTAIN. STINSON ESTIMATED THE LOCATION DURING A FIELD CHECK IN 1975
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE A WEATHERED AND ERODED SLIDE BLOCK AND OCCURS AT AND NEAR THE SURFACE. THE LARGEST ORE BODY HAD THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G.H., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 205, 306.
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Production): CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
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