The Boiler Pit Mine is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 3,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.11083, -120.76500
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Boiler Pit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boiler Pit Mine
Secondary: Sugrar Pine Chrome Mines
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Forest Hill Divide 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: U.S. Government
Owner Name: Victory Chrome Co.
Years: 1944 -
Production
Year: 1916
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Ap_Grade: ^45% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 45% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED IN A SHALLOW, NW TRENDING GULLEY JUST WEST OF ROAD LEADING FROM AUBURN-FOOTHILL RD. TO THE OLD SUGAR PINE GUARD STATION
Comment (Reserve-Resource): CDMG MINERAL PROPORTY REPORT, 1975, UNPUBLISHED
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY HAD AN E-W STRIKE, A PITCH OF 30 S AND WAS 9 FT THICK IN THE FACE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A PARTIALLY FILLED TRENCH AND A FEW SMALL DURMPS (1975).
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT OCCURS NEAR THE CENTER OF A N-NW TRENDING PERIDOTITE BODY WHICH IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES BY SMILES AND IS BORDERED BY PALEOZOIC METAMORPHICS AND TERTIARY VOLCANICS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 209, 210, 306.
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W. ET. AL., 1918, CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU BULL 76, P. 162
Reference (Production): CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, 1975, UNPUBLISHED
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