The Parker Ranch Chromite Deposit is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 1,414 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,414 Feet (431 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 38.97944, -121.10056
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Parker Ranch Chromite Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Parker Ranch Chromite Deposit
Secondary: Meadowbrook Ranch
Secondary: Mcnear Property
Secondary: Auburn Chrome Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Dry Creek 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: Oest, C. H.
Home Office: S2 4s Grass Valley Highway, Auburn, Ca. 95603
Owner Name: C. C. Butler, J. C. Wold (World War Ii)
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1918-1944
Material type: CON CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 19.70% Fe
Year: 1945
Time Period: World War Ii
Material type: CON CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^43.93% Cr2o3
Year: 1919
Time Period: World War I
Material type: CON CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^39-40% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1944
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
Analytical Data: CR TO FE RATIO 1.53 TO 1
Analytical Data: 19.7% FE
Analytical Data: 43.93% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT LOCATED IN A SHALLOW GULLEY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A KNOLL.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO LARGE PITS AND SEVERAL SMALLER CUTS. TWO TUNNELS AND A SHAFT ARE CAVED. (1975)
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT NEAR THE NORTH END OF A N-S TRENDING IRREGULARLY SHAPED PERIDOTITE BODY THAT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA 2.5 MILES BY 1 MILE AND IS BORDERED BY PRE-CRETACEOUS METAVOLCANICS.
Comment (Commodity): ANALYSIS OF ORE MILLED DURING W.W. II
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. 230-232.
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 231
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