The Chaix Mine is a chromium mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Mine Info
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Chaix Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chaix Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
District: Latrobe Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: David Chalmers And Thomas Davidson Under Contract From El Dorado Chrome Co.
Years: 1953 -
Owner Name: Egloff, Willard And Laura
Home Office: Folsom, Ca
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1915?-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^35% 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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Small Faults In Ore Zone Displace Layers Of Ore Up To 3 Ft.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE FROM NEARBY MURPHY DEPOSIT WAS 14% CR2O3, CR: FE RATIO 2.7.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT. (1953)
References
Reference (Deposit): CJMG V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 385, 467
Reference (Production): STINSON, 1976, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1976, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHPT. 4, P. 124
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