The Coal Pit, Bunker Mine is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.03806, -120.77111
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Coal Pit, Bunker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coal Pit, Bunker Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Forest Hill Divide Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Embree, L. G.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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): DEPOSIT LOCATED NEAR THE TOP OF THE RIDGE ON THE EDGE OF COAL PIT FLAT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY PITCHES 70 SE IN A SHEAR ZONE STRIKING N60W
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, PITS AND 2 SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM SR 67 PL 3 BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 200 225 227 PL 13
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