Roupe Property

The Roupe Property is a chromium mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 4,150 feet.

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: Roupe Property  

State:  California

County:  Sierra

Elevation: 4,150 Feet (1,265 Meters)

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 39.48306, -120.99278

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Roupe Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Roupe Property
Secondary: Camptonville Property
Secondary: Big Chance
Secondary: Big Chrome


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: California
County: Sierra
District: Brandy City 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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Roupe, R. J. And W. B.
Home Office: Camptonville, Ca.
Years: 1942 -


Production

Year: 1917
Time Period: 1914-1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^42-43% Cr2o3


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1942
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: LENSE


Structure

Type: L
Description: Serpentine Is Highly Sheared.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE AVGERAGED 42-44% CR203


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWENTY OR MORE ORE BODIES FOUND SCATTERED FOR APPROX. 700 FT ALONG AN IRREGULAR ZONE WITH ABOVE ATTITUDES. EACH ORE BODY AVERAGES THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 259

Comment (Location): PROPERTY APPROX. 100 FT FROM THE ROAD BETWEEN CAMPTONVILLE AND BRANDY CITY, CA.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 22 SMALL OPEN CUTS AND 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS. (1942)


References

Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 259

Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 258, 259, 317


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