Steele

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163017
MAS/MILS ID 0060170030
Record type Site
Current site name Steele
Related records 10030390

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.07823, 38.76819 (WGS84)
Elevation 220
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 011 N 008 E 34 NWNENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.07823, 38.76819

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 15M
    Length 90M
    Width 30M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N45E:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Pilot Hill Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dobbas, A. B. (Surface Rights)
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. L Harr Et Al,1976,Owner Of Mineral Rights
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1918
    Inferred 2000mt ore
    Total resources 6000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 12 wt-pct Chromium Trace 1918
    Iron Fe 12 wt-pct Iron Trace 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOP WAR MINERALS INVESTIG. EL DORADO CO.NO. 18,1918, TALIA

  • Deposit

    CATER,CALIF.DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3,CH 4, PP 148-150, 1951

  • Deposit

    PART OF PILLIKIN MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CATER ESTIMATES THAT REMAINING ORE AVERAGES NO MORE THAN 10 T CR2O3. CR/FE RATIO UNKNOWN,BUT CLOSE TO 1.6 TO 1 ESTIMATED RESERVES FROM RECORD 701 -INSUFFICIENT RESOURCE FO ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 06.06,CR2O3 34.71,FEO 12.34,TOTAL FE 21.96,AL203 11.19,MGO CR/FE 1.39.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 11.38,CR2O3 31.06,FEO 14.69 FE 24.12,AL203 06.63,MGO 13.02,CR/FE 1.13.
General MAS had this site linked to an old MRDS site which was a gold placer. Causey deleted the link.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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