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Green

Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold
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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 10030305
MRDS ID M008333
Record type Site
Current site name Green
Related records 10207430

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78963, 38.96183 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Eldorado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 011E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78963, 38.96183
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John J. Taylor
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • MINE ORIGINALLY OPERATED FOR GOLD BUT CHROMITE WAS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT WORK. OPERATED BY L.H. BUTCHER CO. DURING WWI, WHEN 110 LONG TONS OF CHROMITE WERE SHIPPED IN 1917 AND AN UNKNOWN AMT. IN 1918; TAYLOR SHIPPED 64 LONG TONS OF ORE IN 1942. RESERVES ARE PROBABLY SMALL . SMALL VEINS OF CALCITE, TALC, AND KAMMERERITE ARE VERY NUMEROUS IN SPECIMENTS OF ORE FROM THE DUMP.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 350-FT. ADIT, TWO SHORT CROSSCUTS, A 60 FT. RAISE AND WINZE 20 FT. DEEP; A 40-FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 469 AND 505

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 4, PP. 162-3, PL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STATE REFERENCES SHOW LOCATION IN SW1/4; ABOVE LOC. PER USGS TOPO MAP

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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