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Doriss Mine

Producer in Sierra 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077651
MRDS ID W025427
Record type Site
Current site name Doriss Mine
Alternate or previous names Chrome F, N
Related records 10117067, 10184441

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87186, 39.48321 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alleghany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 010E 29 SW OF SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINED 45 % CR203

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.87186, 39.48321
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Forest Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leichester And Morgan
    Home office Nevada City, Ca
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. Dorriss, M. H. Davis, H. M. Bradbury, A. M. Dobbie, Forest, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY DID NOT EXCEED 75 LT, 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A SMALL OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT.5P. 259

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P.259

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SMALL LENSES OF ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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