Chili Bar Mine

Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Slate, Dimension
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10211061
MRDS ID M007896
MAS/MILS ID 0060170479
Record type Site
Current site name Chili Bar Mine
Related records 10030012

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.82072, 38.7657 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(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 010 E 36 NWNWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Slate, Dimension Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.82072, 38.7657

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Placerville Industries, Inc.
    ID 400224
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JRN MNS & GEOL V 52 NO 4 P 453-5 586 PL 10

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN YRBK 1956 V 3 P 214

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-FEB-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 09/30/2015
MSHA mine ID0400224
Mine name (MSHA)Chili Bar Slate
Current operatorChili Bar LLC
Current controller (parent)Mohsen Montazeri; Jacob Montazeri
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative California resources

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