The Pillikin Mine Area 2 is a chromium mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,060 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: 1,060 Feet (323 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 38.78139, -121.08611
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Pillikin Mine Area 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pillikin Mine Area 2
Secondary: Bonanza King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
District: Flagstaff Hill 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: Red Line Transfer Co., San Francisco, Ca.
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: 1936-1939
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^43% Cr2o3
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1914-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^46-47% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1853
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: IRREGULAR LENSES AND STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization, Silicification, Alteration To Talc And Magnesite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Magnesite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME ORE REMAINS IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS AND BOTTOM OF PIT 5.
Comment (Deposit): ABOVE DIMENSIONS ARE FOR AREA OF CHROMIFEROUS DUNITE INCLUDING SEVERAL DISCONTINUOUS ORE ZONES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED (1951) OF TWO LARGE OPEN PITS AND SOME UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. THE LARGER PIT IS CALLED 5 AND THE SMALLER PIT CALLED 5A.
Comment (Geology): PILLIKIN DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A TABULAR, NNW-TRENDING, ULTRAMAFIC BODY, 3/4 MI WIDE, 4 MI LONG, THAT DIPS STEEPLY TO THE E.
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, P. 138-139.
Reference (Deposit): CDMG BULL 134, P. 134-135.
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1976, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 922-0, P. 444-447.
Reference (Deposit): 1940 GEOLMAP WELLS, PAGE, JAMES, YATES, FURNISH, KOENIG USGS BULL 922-
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