The Steele is a mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 722 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
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Steele MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steele
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
District: Pilot Hill Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Patented
Type: Minerals Only
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: M. L Harr Et Al,1976,Owner Of Mineral Rights
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Dobbas, A. B. (Surface Rights)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
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
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CATER ESTIMATES THAT REMAINING ORE AVERAGES NO MORE THAN 10 T CR2O3. CR/FE RATIO UNKNOWN,BUT CLOSE TO 1.6 TO 1 ESTIMATED RESERVES FROM RECORD 701 -INSUFFICIENT RESOURCE FO ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 06.06,CR2O3 34.71,FEO 12.34,TOTAL FE 21.96,AL203 11.19,MGO CR/FE 1.39.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 11.38,CR2O3 31.06,FEO 14.69 FE 24.12,AL203 06.63,MGO 13.02,CR/FE 1.13.
Comment (General): MAS had this site linked to an old MRDS site which was a gold placer. Causey deleted the link.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOP WAR MINERALS INVESTIG. EL DORADO CO.NO. 18,1918, TALIA
Reference (Deposit): PART OF PILLIKIN MINE
Reference (Deposit): CATER,CALIF.DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3,CH 4, PP 148-150, 1951
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