The Parker Ranch Meadowbrook Ranch, Mcnear, Or Auburn Chrome is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California.
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Mine Info
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Parker Ranch Meadowbrook Ranch, Mcnear, Or Auburn Chrome MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Parker Ranch Meadowbrook Ranch, Mcnear, Or Auburn Chrome
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Dry Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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): 1918, 1943-44 TOTAL ABOUT 505 LONG TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Workings): ACCESS TUNNEL ABOUT 140 FT. LONG, TWO INTERCONNECTED STOPES, OR GLORY HOLES, CROSS CUTS, DRIFTS, OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A ZONE OF STREAKS AND SMALL LENSES OF DISSEMINATED ORE OCCURRING IN A SMALL MASS OF SERPENTINE NEAR THE CONTACT WITH A MASS OF DIABSE(?). ORE ZONE STRIKES N WITH AN OVERALL DIP OF ABOUT 80 DEG. E., IS SAID TO BE 40 FT. WIDE IN GLORY HOLE BUT AVE. PROBABLY 20 FT., AVE. DEPTH ABOUT 40 FT. ORE FINE GRAINED AND TENOR RANGES WIDELY (8-40%).
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 5, P. 202, 230-232, PL. 13
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 76, P. 161
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