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Darrington Gurney

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029650
MRDS ID M007327
Record type Site
Current site name Darrington Gurney

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.08631, 38.75933 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 008E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.08631, 38.75933
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Darrington

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED ORIGINALLY DURING WWI AND SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED; PROPERTY OPERATED DURING WWII IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOBBAS MINE AND YIELD WAS 495 LONG TONS OF ORE, MOSTLY FROM THIS PROPERTY. RESERVES OF EAST ZONE MAY BE ABOUT 100,000 TONS; WEST ZONE POORLY EXPOSED AND LITTLE DEVELOPED. IRON CONTENT OF BOTH ZONES QUITE HIGH.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, FOUR ADITS TOTALING 900 FT., SHAFTS AND RAISES TOTALING 120 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 385, 467

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 4, PP. 150-151, PL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS PROBABLY THOSE SHOWN IN THE E1/2 OF THE SECTION ON USGS QUAD. PILOT HILL, CALIF., 1954.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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