The North Fork Chrome Mine is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 3,481 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,481 Feet (1,061 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.1614, -120.78610
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North Fork Chrome Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Fork Chrome Mine
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: Private Lease
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: C. H And H A Geisendorfer-(Last Operators-1940-
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1417
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ANALYSIS OF 113 LONG TONS IN 1941 46.64% CR2O3, CR/FE=2.6 N VES ESTIMATED IN LITERATURE OR SEEN DURING FIELD VISIT INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 09.30,CR2O3 43.85,FEO 09.77,TOTAL FE 16.08,AL203 10.39,MGO CR/FE 2.40.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 01.90,CR2O3 54.08,FEO 13.44 FE 15.44,AL203 14.17,MGO 11.61,CR/FE 3.08.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,GA 1953.CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3,CH 5 PP 207-2
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