Pillikin Pilliken

The Pillikin Pilliken is a chromium mine located in El Dorado county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Pillikin Pilliken  

State:  California

County:  El Dorado

Elevation:

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 38.77539, -121.09069

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Pillikin Pilliken MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pillikin Pilliken


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: California
County: El Dorado


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: American Trust Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1853
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comment (Production): A FEW POCKETS PRIOR TO 1894. WORKED DURING WWI; IDLE 1918--1936; WORKED 1936-39, 1940-42; 1944-45. UP TO 1945 THESE DEPOSITS HAD YIELDED A TOTAL OF 27,144 LONG TONS OF CHROMITE. LITTLE ORE PRODUCED 1941-53, SOME PRODUCTION 1954-55, BUT IDLE SINCE THAT TIME.

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE PROBABLY THOSE SHOWN AT THE ABOVE LOCATIONS ON USGS QUAD. PILOT HILL, CALIF. 1954. THERE ARE ELEVEN SEPARATE CHROMITE BEARING AREAS IN THIS DEPOSIT. BECAUSE OF THE IRREGULAR SHAPE AND ERRATIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE ORE BODIES, POTENTIAL RESERVES ARE UNKNOWN. MINE CONTAINS LARGEST KNOWN CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA.


References

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 387-393, 473

Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 4, PP. 131-146, PL. 8

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 34, NO. 3, PL. II; ADD. REF.; PRESENT HOLDINGS INCLUDE ALSO THE BONANZA KING, CHROME GULCH, DONNELLY, NIELSON, AND STEELE MINES. MODERATE TONNAGES OF CHROME SHIPPED IN 1957 - U. S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1957, V. 3, P. 216


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