Pfeiffer

The Pfeiffer 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: Pfeiffer  

State:  California

County:  El Dorado

Elevation:

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 38.56083, -120.91694

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Pfeiffer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pfeiffer


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: California
County: El Dorado


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: W. J. Varozza


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 (Deposit): GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION ON P. 122, BULL. 134 AND LAND NET AND LOCATION SHOWN ON PL. 8 DO NOT SEEM TO AGREE. USGS QUAD. LATROBE, CALIF. 1950, SHOWS MOUTH OF LITTLE INDIAN CREEK IN SEC. 13, 8N, 9E.

Comment (Production): PFEIFFER OPERATED DURING WWI AND PRODUCED 80 LONG TONS OF ORE; A SMALL AMOUNT OF PROSPECT DONE DURING 1942 BUT NO ORE WAS MINED. ALL DEPOSITS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, LARGEST BEING 30 FT. LONG, 3 TO 6 FT. WIDE, AND 10 FT. DEEP.


References

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 472

Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 4, P. 122 AND PL. 8


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