Parker Ranch Meadowbrook Ranch, Mcnear, Or Auburn Chrome

The Parker Ranch Meadowbrook Ranch, Mcnear, Or Auburn Chrome is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California.

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: Parker Ranch Meadowbrook Ranch, Mcnear, Or Auburn Chrome  

State:  California

County:  Placer

Elevation:

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 38.97639, -121.10389

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Parker Ranch Meadowbrook Ranch, Mcnear, Or Auburn Chrome MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Parker Ranch Meadowbrook Ranch, Mcnear, Or Auburn Chrome


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: California
County: Placer
District: Dry Creek Area


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Production): 1918, 1943-44 TOTAL ABOUT 505 LONG TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Workings): ACCESS TUNNEL ABOUT 140 FT. LONG, TWO INTERCONNECTED STOPES, OR GLORY HOLES, CROSS CUTS, DRIFTS, OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A ZONE OF STREAKS AND SMALL LENSES OF DISSEMINATED ORE OCCURRING IN A SMALL MASS OF SERPENTINE NEAR THE CONTACT WITH A MASS OF DIABSE(?). ORE ZONE STRIKES N WITH AN OVERALL DIP OF ABOUT 80 DEG. E., IS SAID TO BE 40 FT. WIDE IN GLORY HOLE BUT AVE. PROBABLY 20 FT., AVE. DEPTH ABOUT 40 FT. ORE FINE GRAINED AND TENOR RANGES WIDELY (8-40%).


References

Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 5, P. 202, 230-232, PL. 13

Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 76, P. 161


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