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Chili Bar

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Slate, Dimension
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030012
MRDS ID M007896
Record type Site
Current site name Chili Bar
Related records 10211061

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80824, 38.75934 (WGS84)
Relative position NE COR. OF SEC. LOCATED ON S. SIDE SOUTH FORK OF AMERICAN RIVER JUST EAST OF THE CHILI BAR BRIDGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 010E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Slate, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80824, 38.75934
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1887

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pacific Minerals Co., Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED 1887-1897, PRODUCING ROOFING SHINGLES AND OTHER FORMS OF DIMENSION SLATE. IDLE UNTIL 1928 WHEN PRESENT OPERATOR REOPENED AND INSTALLED GRINDING PLANT, PRODUCING ROOFING GRANULES AND SLATE DUST AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF DIMENSION SLATE. PRODUCING IN 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINALLY OPEN-PIT; NOW DEVELOPED AS UNDERGROUND MINE WITH A DRIFT ADIT, OVERHAND STOPING IN PILLAR AND CHAMBER WORKINGS. GRINDING AND SIZING PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 453-455, 586, PL. 10

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1956, V. 3, P. 214

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCED ROOFING GRANULES AND ROCK FLOUR IN 1957 - US BUR. MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1957, V. 3, P. 216

Reporter information

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

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