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Snakehead Claim

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077045
MRDS ID W024429
Record type Site
Current site name Snakehead Claim
Alternate or previous names Jumbo Claim
Related records 10164390

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77797, 39.18295 (WGS84)
Elevation 610

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Flat(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 015N 011E 06 {LOT 27} California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 47% CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. E. Linder, D. J. Sullivan
    First year 1918

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND A 30 FT DEEP SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CHAP 5 P 207 PL 13 GEOL MAP OF CA CHICO SO PAC CO

  • Deposit

    MIN FOR IND N CA V 2 P 16

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 207

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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