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Victory Chrome Company

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164075
MAS/MILS ID 0060610648
Record type Site
Current site name Victory Chrome Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.76273, 39.12929 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 015 N 011 E 20 C California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.76273, 39.12929
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 781213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown,Grant,Graetz, And Garnett-Partnership Until 1942.
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Capital Land Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CH5 P211-213, PL 14 (JMG VOL39 NO. 1943

  • Deposit

    DMEA MINERAL PROPERTY FILE #15.130.

  • Deposit

    CAL.JOUR MINES AND GEOL.VOL.39,NO1,1943,P.75.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VICTORY CHROME CO.ALSO CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED A SMALL WASH CONCENTRATING PLANT.BULLDOZING WAS USED EXTENSIVELY.ALSO F CHROMITE WAS FOUND FROM THE WEATHERING PROCESS. WATER SUPPLY AND LIMITED TO THE RAINY SEASON ONLY. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hayashi U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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