The Sunset Mine is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 3,661 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: 3,661 Feet (1,116 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.1042, -120.78000
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Sunset Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunset Mine
Secondary: Sun Set Chrome Mine
Secondary: Sugar Pine Chrome Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Green, T. C
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1975
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: 1881
Discovery Year: 1881
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 (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION THRU WWZ WAS 400-500 TONS ORE RAM 54 PER C 03 WITH CR/FE=2.99,CITED FROM 700 INSUFFICENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 01.91, CR2O3 58.46, FEO 10.99, TOTAL FE 16.08, AL203 08.50, MGO CR/FE 3.20.MASSIVE ORE WITH UVAROVITE=S102 4.51, CR2O3 52.98, 55, TOTAL FE 17.69, AL203 9.45, MGO 14.09, CR/FE 2.64.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,CAL ST DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3,CH 5, PP 221-223
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY,CALIF STATE MINING BUREAUBULL NO 76,PP 162-163
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