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Mountain View Group, Victory Chrome Co.

Producer in Placer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077037
MRDS ID W024409
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Group, Victory Chrome Co.
Alternate or previous names Manzanita Chrome Mine 1918
Related records 10183839, 10261345

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77352, 39.03683 (WGS84)
Elevation 975

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foresthill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(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

Tahoe 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 Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 011E 20 SW OF SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Victory Chrome Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner B. Schuler
    First year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47.8 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 48wt-pct
  • Year 1943
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47.8 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 48wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 215

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PITS, BULLDOZER TRENCHES, A SHORT INCLINED DRIFT AND AN 18 FT DEEP SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • MUCH FLOAT ORE SCATTERED AROUND THE WORKINGS AND SOME HAS BEEN COLLECTED INTO PILES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM SR 67 PLS 1 3 DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 215 PL 13 USBM MIN YB V 3 P 229

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL ORE BODIES THAT OCCUR ALONG AN EAST TRENDING ZONE AND MUCH CHROMITE FLOAT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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