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Bryant

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029667
MRDS ID M007352
Record type Site
Current site name Bryant
Related records 10115259

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93685, 38.54629 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4 - ON W. BANK OF BIG CYN CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Latrobe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 008N 009E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stanley S. Bryant

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT WORKED BRIEFLY IN 1918 WHEN EXPOSED BY FLOODWATERS FROM BIG CYN CREEK; PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. LATER DRAGLINE DREDGING OPERATIONS ON THE CREEK UNCOVERED THE ORE BODY AND EXCAVATED LARGE BLOCKS OF CHROMITE, THE SIZE OF WHICH INDICATE PRESENCE OF A MODERATE SIZED BODY OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 466

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP 4, P. 122, 164, PL. 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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