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Brandy City Mine

Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Magnesite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111095
MRDS ID W025380
Record type Site
Current site name Brandy City Mine
Alternate or previous names Luce and Co. Mine
Related records 10189359, 10238230

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02798, 39.54321 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strawberry Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(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 008E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Magnesite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 56
USGS model code 17a
Deposit model name Placer Au

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.02798, 39.54321
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Brandy City Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. E. Luce And Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT.5P. 258

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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