The Chaix is a chromium mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Mine Info
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Chaix MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chaix
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. H. Chaix
Owner Name: David Chalmers, Thos. Davidson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): WORKED ON SMALL SCALE DURING WWI AND IN 1943. WORKED DURING FIRST HALF OF 1953. THE MINE, WHICH HAS YIELDED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF CHROME ORE, IDLE SINCE 1953. ACCORDING TO CHALMERS, IN 1953 THE CR2O3 CONTENT OF THE ORE WAS ABOUT 20 PERCENT.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT, 300 FT. LONG BY 200 FT. WIDE, 30 FT. DEEP IN 1953.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL AMOUNTS OF UVAROVITE AND KAMMERERITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHROMITE. SEVERAL SMALL DIKES OF PYROXENITE CUT THE ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 4, P. 124 AND PL. 8
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 385, 467
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