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Mcdonald and Buys

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029903
MRDS ID M007745
Record type Site
Current site name Mcdonald and Buys
Related records 10187576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91519, 38.7474 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4 (PL. 8). LOCATED ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE FROM WEBBER CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shingle Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 010E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91519, 38.7474
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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 Nick J. Schubin, Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED BY MCDONALD AND BUYS DURING WWI AND SHIPMENT OF ABOUT 350 LONG TONS OF CHROMITE WAS REPORTED. MOST OF MINE FLOODED.

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS 16 TO 42 FT. DEEP, A NUMBER OF STOPES AND ONE PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 471

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 4, P. 154 AND PL. 8

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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