The Daisy Bell Claim is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 3,701 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: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.10833, -120.77611
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Daisy Bell Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daisy Bell Claim
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Forest Hill Divide Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Joseph Delmire
Years: 1955 - 1958
Owner Name: U.S. Government
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1958
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: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 46.39 TO 48.80% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Magnesite
Gangue: Antigorite
Comments
Comment (Location): MAIN WORKINGS APPROX. 200 FT EAST OF FINNING MILL RD., ADJACENT TO AN INTERSECTING DIRT ROAD ENTERING FROM A SHALLOW GULCH.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL ORE BODIES ARE LOCALIZED WITHIN A ZONE HAVING THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS AND STRIKE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS (NOW FLOODED), AN ADIT (NOW CAVED) AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES. (1975)
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A MASS OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS THAT HAVE INTRUDED PALEOZOIC METAMORPHICS OF THE CULAVERAS GROUP. A THICK (UP TO 10 FT) MANTLE OF RESIDUAL SOIL COVERS THE CHROMITE BEARING SERPENTINES.
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 219, 220, 308
Reference (Production): CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, 1975, UNPUBLISHED.
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