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Coal Pit, Bunker Mine

Occurrence 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077038
MRDS ID W024410
Record type Site
Current site name Coal Pit, Bunker Mine
Related records 10115878

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77213, 39.03795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036

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 SE OF SW California

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATED NEAR THE TOP OF THE RIDGE ON THE EDGE OF COAL PIT FLAT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Embree, L. G.
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, PITS AND 2 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM SR 67 PL 3 BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 200 225 227 PL 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY PITCHES 70 SE IN A SHEAR ZONE STRIKING N60W

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

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