The Gas Canyon Claim, Farmer Property is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 1,749 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: 1,749 Feet (533 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 38.97639, -120.91833
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Gas Canyon Claim, Farmer Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gas Canyon Claim, Farmer Property
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Gas Canyon Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Walsh And Hall ; R. H. Farmer
Years: 1918 - 1918
Owner Name: R. H. Farmer
Years: 1918 -
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1917-1918
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 34% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. 34 % CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF A VERTICAL, CHIMNEY SHAPED ORE BODY WITH A CROSS SECTION MEASURING 4 FT BY 6 FT AT THE 10 FT LEVEL IN THE SHAFT, AND THE LONGER AXIS OF THE SECTION ORIENTED ALMOST DUE EAST.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A SHAFT 10 FT DEEP.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NEARLY VERTICAL, CHIMNEYLIKE ORE BODY. AT THE 10-FT. LEVEL IN THE SHAFT THE ORE BODY HAD A CROSS SECTION MEASURING 4 FT. BY 6 FT., WITH THE LONGER AXIS OF THE SECTION ORIENTED ALMOST DUE EAST. A LITTLE UVAROVITE WAS PRESENT IN THE ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 76, P. 160-161
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 13-15
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 201
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 5, P. 230, PL. 13
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