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Chaix

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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029670
MRDS ID M007355
Record type Site
Current site name Chaix
Related records 10211034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.95519, 38.54629 (WGS84)
Relative position S1/2 NE1/4 (PL. 8, BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 4)

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 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.95519, 38.54629
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner David Chalmers, Thos. Davidson
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. H. Chaix

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED ON SMALL SCALE DURING WWI AND IN 1943. WORKED DURING FIRST HALF OF 1953. THE MINE, WHICH HAS YIELDED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF CHROME ORE, IDLE SINCE 1953. ACCORDING TO CHALMERS, IN 1953 THE CR2O3 CONTENT OF THE ORE WAS ABOUT 20 PERCENT.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, 300 FT. LONG BY 200 FT. WIDE, 30 FT. DEEP IN 1953.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 385, 467

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 4, P. 124 AND PL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL AMOUNTS OF UVAROVITE AND KAMMERERITE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHROMITE. SEVERAL SMALL DIKES OF PYROXENITE CUT THE ORE.

Reporter information

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

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