Red Pit Occurrence, Victory Chrome Co.

The Red Pit Occurrence, Victory Chrome Co. is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 4,075 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Pit Occurrence, Victory Chrome Co.

Commodity

Primary: Chromium

Location

State: California
County: Placer
District: Forest Hill Divide Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Capital Co. (Mineral Rights)
Years: 1949 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A LARGE ARE SCRAPED BY A BULL DOZER.

Comment (Location): LOCATED NEAR SW CORNER SECT. 28

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF RED SOIL RELATIVELY RICH IN CHROMITE, AVERAGING 7 % CR2O3.

References

Reference (Deposit): DOM SR 67 PLS 3 1 BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 214 PL 14

Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 202

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