The Fiddlers Green is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 1,201 feet.
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
Elevation: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.9681, -120.92780
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Fiddlers Green MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fiddlers Green
Secondary: Fiddlers Green Property
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
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 And J. G. Dodds-Owners 1918
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Guy Walsh And Hall-Lessee In 1917
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1917
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
Unknown: Asbestos
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Talc
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ASSAY SHOWED THAT THE ORE CONTAINED 32.3 PERCENT CR2O3,AND 1 CENT S102. ABOUT 4 TONS OF ORE WAS ON THE DUMP AT THE TIME W MADE HIS VISIT TO THE PROPERTY INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): G.A.RYNEARSON,1953,CDM AND G BULL134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.230.
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY,W.ET.AL,1918,CAL.STATE MINING BUR BULL 76,P.160.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTH PACIFIC CO.MINERAL FOR INDUSTRY,NORTHERN CAL.,VOL.2,P.
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