Parker Ranch

The Parker Ranch is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 1,414 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

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Site Name

Primary: Parker Ranch
Secondary: Mcnear Lease
Secondary: Auburn Chrome Mine
Secondary: Meadowbrook Ranch

Commodity

Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: California
County: Placer
District: Auburn 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

Type: Other

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Chester C Butcer--John C Wold (Last Operators- 1943-44)
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Calvin H Oest
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1917
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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Pyroxene

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE ESTIMATE BASED ON RYNEARSON(1953) CR:FES1.53 CONCENTRATES RAN 4393% CR2O3,19.7% FE PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TONS. CDMG MINE VISIT 4 DEC 1975 HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS SURRO E ON TWO SIDES-FUTURE OF MINING HERE IS DOUBTFUL INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 14.16,CR2O3 33.62,FEO 10.86,TOTAL FE 15.44,AL203 08.5 0.73,CR/FE 1.92

References

Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,GA 1953 CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3,CH 5, PP 230-

Reference (Deposit): TALIAFERRO,NL 1918 COOP WAR MINERHC INVEST PROS(UNPUBL) AUBU

Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY,WW 1918 UNPBL CAL ST M.N BUR FIELD REPT,PLACER CO 26

Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY,WW 1918 MN&CR IN CAL.CAL ST MIN BUR BULL 76 PP 161-

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