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Snyder Property

Occurrence in Nevada 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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031743
MRDS ID M011164
Record type Site
Current site name Snyder Property
Related records 10285664

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.06215, 39.2485 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 008E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.06215, 39.2485
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nevada City - Grass Valley Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Schmidt, A. J.
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. Snyder
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • ACCORDING TO HENRY SNYDER, ORE VALUED AT $10,000 TO $12,000 (200 TO 300 TONS?) HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THE DEPOSIT DURING WWI, AND WAS SAID TO CONTAIN ABOUT 40 PERCENT CR2O3. NO SEPARATE REPORT OF PRODUCTION WAS MADE AND IT IS POSSIBLE IT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE MINED BY A. J. SCHMIDT IN 1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 243

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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