The Daisy Bell Claim is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 3,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.1083, -120.77610
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Daisy Bell Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daisy Bell Claim
Secondary: Daisy Belle Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Joseph Delmue (Last Operator
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service - Tahoe National Forest
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: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
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: Chromite
Unknown: Magnesite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVE ESTIMATED IN LITERATURE. GRADE OF 10.7 LONG TON SED IN 1944 BY METALS RESERVE CO.WAS 46.59 % CR2O3,CR/FE=2.6 L PRODUCTION 600-700 TONS. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALC ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 02.78,CR2O3 54.81,FEO 16.20,TOTAL FE 17.69,AL203 10.39,MGO CR/FE 2.73.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 04.93,CR2O3 51.16,FEO 16.71 FE 18.01,AL203 09.45,MGO 11.61,CR/FE 2.50.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,GA,1953 CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3, CHAP 5 PP.219
Reference (Deposit): MIN P 138 USBM MIN YB V 3 1954 P 225 1956 P 229
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