The Beat Claim is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.1994, -120.77780
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Beat Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beat Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Dutch Flat District
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: Other
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: D. J. Sullivan (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: 1917
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: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Uvarovite
Unknown: Olivine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE AVERAGED 55 PERCENT CR2O3, ASSUME CR/FE=3.APPROX 525 L S SHIPPED. MINE WORKINGS NOT FOUND DURING CDMG VISIT 3 DEC 1 E OF FEW MINES IN SIERRA NEVADA TO PRODUCE ORE BETWEEN WW1 THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF CHROMITE IS 55 PERCENT,AND IRO PERCENT. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,CAL DIV MINES BULL 134 PT 3,CHAP.5 P.205 1953
Reference (Deposit): AVERRILL,CV 1941 UNPUBLISHED STATE MINING BUR FIELD REPT PLA
Reference (Deposit): NO.338
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