North Fork Chrome Mine

The North Fork Chrome Mine is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 3,481 feet.

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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: North Fork Chrome Mine  

State:  California

County:  Placer

Elevation: 3,481 Feet (1,061 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.1614, -120.78610

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North Fork Chrome Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: North Fork Chrome Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron


Location

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


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Private Lease


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: C. H And H A Geisendorfer-(Last Operators-1940-
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service
Percent: 100.0
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: 1941
Discovery Year: 1417
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: Chromite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ANALYSIS OF 113 LONG TONS IN 1941 46.64% CR2O3, CR/FE=2.6 N VES ESTIMATED IN LITERATURE OR SEEN DURING FIELD VISIT INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 09.30,CR2O3 43.85,FEO 09.77,TOTAL FE 16.08,AL203 10.39,MGO CR/FE 2.40.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 01.90,CR2O3 54.08,FEO 13.44 FE 15.44,AL203 14.17,MGO 11.61,CR/FE 3.08.


References

Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,GA 1953.CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3,CH 5 PP 207-2


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