The Victory Claim 1941 is a chromium mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 4,160 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: 4,160 Feet (1,268 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.33222, -120.80028
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Victory Claim 1941 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victory Claim 1941
Secondary: Mount Hill Chrome Mine 1917-18
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Washington Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: A. Schwartz (George Scott 1917-18)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): SCOTT REPORTED 35 TONS OF ORE MINED BY HIM AND 31 TONS MINED BY A LESSEE WAS SHIPPED IN 1917 AND DEPOSIT WAS CONSIDERED WORKED OUT. ABOUT 50 LONG TONS OF ORE PILED ON THE DUMP IN 1942 BUT IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH, IF ANY WAS SHIPPED.
Comment (Workings): PIT 6 FT. WIDE, 14 FT. LONG, 10 FT. DEEP; ANOTHER 8 FT. IN DIA. AND 6 FT. LONG (AS OF 1917); 3 SLOUGHED PITS (1942)
Comment (Deposit): IN 1917, THE LARGE PIT WAS MADE ON THE LENS AND THE ORE BODY WAS EXPOSED FOR 5FT. ALONG THE STRIKE IN THE S END OF THE CUT TO A DEPTH OF 5 FT. AND WAS 4 FT. WIDE. IN 1941 SCHWARTZ CLAIMED THAT ORE 5 FT. WIDE AND AT LEAST 2 FT. DEEP EXISTED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 3 PITS, BUT THIS COULD NOT BE VERIFIED.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III,CHAP. 5, P. 240, PL. 13
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 458
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 17
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