The Bugg Prospect is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California.
About the MRDS Data:
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
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Bugg Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bugg Prospect
Secondary: Meyer Property
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Colfax - New England Mills Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bugg, Charles E.
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TWO DEPOSITS (SMALL)
Comment (Deposit): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN - BUGG MINED FROM A DEPOSIT NEAR WEIMAR, UNNAMED, AND A SMALL DEPOSIT FROM THE FRED MEYER PROPERTY, ALSO NOT FURTHER IDENTIFIED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 5, P. 229, PL. 13
Reference (Deposit): SR-67, PL. 1
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIF., CHICO SHEET
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 229
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