Fiddlers Green

The Fiddlers Green is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 1,201 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

Name: Fiddlers Green  

State:  California

County:  Placer

Elevation: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.9681, -120.92780

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Fiddlers Green MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fiddlers Green
Secondary: Fiddlers Green Property


Commodity

Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: California
County: Placer
District: Gas Canyon Area


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: R. H. Farmer And J. G. Dodds-Owners 1918
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Guy Walsh And Hall-Lessee In 1917
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1917
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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Asbestos
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Talc


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ASSAY SHOWED THAT THE ORE CONTAINED 32.3 PERCENT CR2O3,AND 1 CENT S102. ABOUT 4 TONS OF ORE WAS ON THE DUMP AT THE TIME W MADE HIS VISIT TO THE PROPERTY INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.


References

Reference (Deposit): G.A.RYNEARSON,1953,CDM AND G BULL134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.230.

Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY,W.ET.AL,1918,CAL.STATE MINING BUR BULL 76,P.160.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTH PACIFIC CO.MINERAL FOR INDUSTRY,NORTHERN CAL.,VOL.2,P.


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