The Darrington Mine is a mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,099 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: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.7567, -121.08360
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Darrington Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Darrington Mine
Secondary: Gurney Property
Secondary: Steel Chrome Company Mine ?
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
District: Nigger Hill
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: Other
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. J Taylor, Last Operator Ww 2
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Jerome R. Lewis Et Al
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
Discovery Year: 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: Chromite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 700-800 TONS MILLING GRADE ORE PRODUCED DURING WWI & WW2. LA ERVES OF 10-15% CR2O3 ORE,BUT IRON VERY HIGH. CR/FE=1.49-1.6 RESERVE ESTIMATES FROM RECORD 701 RESOURCE TOO SMALL FOR COSTING ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E,UPPER WORKINGS=S102 7.90,CR2O3 47.50,FEO 15.03,TOTAL FE 17 03 9.95,MGO 12.93,CR/FE 2.36.DISSEMINATED ORE IN PLACE,UPPER GS=S102 11.60,CR2O3 40.19,FEO 13.73,TOTAL FE 20.91,AL203 9.1 4.84,CR/FE 1.69.DISSEMINATED ORE,LOWER WORKINGS=S102 11.30,C .19,FEO 13.02,TOTAL FE 17.69,AL203 8.29,MGO 15.75,CR/FE 2.00
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX 1 COL 1 IS THE RESOURCE PRESENT AT THE DARRINGTON PROPERTY. IT WILL BE MINED AND MILLED AS PART OF THE PILLIKEN MINE SEQ NO 0060170006.
References
Reference (Deposit): TALIAFERRO,NL,1918 COOP WAR MIN.INVEST IN CAL,EL DORADO 18,U
Reference (Deposit): CATER,FW ET AL,1951 CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT3,CH4 PP 150-1
Reference (Deposit): ALLGN,JE,1941,CAL DIV MINES,37TH REPT OF STATE MINERALOGIST,
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