Lucky Strike Occurrence

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043575
MRDS ID M100360
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.79908, 38.99656 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot At Boundary Of Tahoe Nat'L Forest And Sects. 1 And 6

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
013N 011E 6 W EDGE California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.79908, 38.99656

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Fadden, Fitzgerald And Berard
    First year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 201, 30

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 201

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-83 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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