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Burnett Property

Prospect in El Dorado 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097283
MRDS ID M100091
Record type Site
Current site name Burnett Property
Alternate or previous names Burnett Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.08159, 38.75322 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot In Sect. 3

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N;011N 008E;008E 03;34 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.08159, 38.75322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Flagstaff Hill Area

Comments on the production information

  • SINCE WWI, ONLY PROSPECTING DONE ON PROPERTY; NO PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS IN BOTH SECTIONS CONSIST OF SMALL OPEN CUTS, PITS, AND SHALLOW SHAFTS IN THE ULTRAMAFIC BODY. THE ORE, CONTAINING BETWEEN 20-40% CR2O3, STRIKES FOR N10-37W AND RANGES IN DIP FROM 75E TO VERTICAL. APPROXIMATELY 10-15 TONS OF LOW-GRADE ORE ARE SCATTERED ON DUMPS AROUND BOTH SECTIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPTER 4, P. 151-152

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, P. 151

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-80 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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