The Shennandoah Claim is a chromium mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 801 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: 801 Feet (244 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.99722, -121.15083
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Shennandoah Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shennandoah Claim
Secondary: Claims: No.1
Secondary: No.2
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Plumas
District: Meadow Valley Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Eddelbuttel, A.
Owner Name: Benner, A. A. And Barrington, R. E.
Home Office: Quincy, Ca
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED LESS THAN 35 % CR203.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION APPROX. 12 LT ORE IN 1943.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT.5, P. 291
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 291.
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