The Washout Claim is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 3,271 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: 3,271 Feet (997 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.03472, -120.78528
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Washout Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Washout Claim
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Forest Hill Divide 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: G. S. Ford, J. S. Lower, B. Myers
Years: 1944 -
Owner Name: Ford, Lower, Myers
Years: 1944 -
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1941-1944
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 47.29% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 (Geology): CLM. NEAR NW EDGE OF A NE-SW TRENDING ULTRAMAFIC BODY THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 BY 5 MILES IN SIZE. THE ULTRAMAFIC BODY IS BORDERED BY TERTIARY VOLCANICS AND PALEOZOIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON A SPUR WHICH LEADS SE OFF FOREST HILL DIVIDE AND 1/4 MILE NE OF THE OLD PARAGON GOLD MINE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 7.5 M SHAFT, AN OPEN CUT AND A CROSS CUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M. C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 227, 228, 313.
Reference (Production): CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, 1975, UNPUBLISHED
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