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Pfeiffer

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 10029847
MRDS ID M007648
Record type Site
Current site name Pfeiffer
Related records 10236101

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91796, 38.56073 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 (PL. 8)

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 010E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91796, 38.56073
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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 W. J. Varozza

Comments on the production information

  • PFEIFFER OPERATED DURING WWI AND PRODUCED 80 LONG TONS OF ORE; A SMALL AMOUNT OF PROSPECT DONE DURING 1942 BUT NO ORE WAS MINED. ALL DEPOSITS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, LARGEST BEING 30 FT. LONG, 3 TO 6 FT. WIDE, AND 10 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 472

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION ON P. 122, BULL. 134 AND LAND NET AND LOCATION SHOWN ON PL. 8 DO NOT SEEM TO AGREE. USGS QUAD. LATROBE, CALIF. 1950, SHOWS MOUTH OF LITTLE INDIAN CREEK IN SEC. 13, 8N, 9E.

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative California resources

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