The Dodds Ranch Prospect, Farmer Property is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California.
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Mine Info
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Dodds Ranch Prospect, Farmer Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dodds Ranch Prospect, Farmer Property
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Gas Canyon Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. H. Farmer, J. C. Dodds
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED 20.4 % CR2O3, 18 % SIO2
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR CENTER OF SECTION, 600 - 700 FT SOUTH OF HOUSEOF J. G. DODDS.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Workings): A SMALL OPEN CUT MADE IN 1917
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: A LITTLE LOW-GRADE ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 5, P. 229, PL. 13
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 13-15
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