The Magruder Prospects is a chromium mine located in Yuba county, California at an elevation of 4,121 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
Elevation: 4,121 Feet (1,256 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.59083, -121.07500
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Magruder Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Magruder Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Yuba
District: Strawberry Valley 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: Soper-Wheeler Timber Co.
Years: 1943 -
Owner Name: Magruder, E. C.
Home Office: Strawberry Valley, Ca.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: IRREG
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 28-30% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SECT. 15 DEPOSIT WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL OPEN CUT. SECT. 22 DEPOSIT WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS SCATTERED OVER AN AREA ABOUT 300 FT LONG AND 100 FT WIDE.
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT IN SECT. 15 LOCATED ABOUT 20 YARDS W OF THE COUNTY ROAD BETWEEN STRAWBERRY VALLEY AND LA PORTE, CA. THE DEPOSIT IN SECT. 22 IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THAT SECTION NEAR A TIMBER ROAD ABOUT 3/8 OF A MILE SE OF THE COUNTY ROAD.
Comment (Development): ORE WAS MINED BUT NOT SHIPPED FROM THESE PROSPECTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 261, 317
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