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Veer Kemp Mine

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043365
MRDS ID M100092
Record type Site
Current site name Veer Kemp Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.88742, 38.84379 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON LOW HILL, N OF GARDEN VALLEY-LOTUS ROAD, 1.5 MI SW OF GARDEN VALLEY, Assumed Spot In Sect. 33

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coloma(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 012N 010E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.88742, 38.84379
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 75 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garden Valley Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 41wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall length 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS COMPRISED OF 5 SMALL PITS AND OPEN CUTS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH HAS DIMENSIONS GIVEN ABOVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPTER 4, P. 158-159

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, P. 158-159.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CDMG BULL 134, P. 159

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PODS CONTAIN HIGH GRADE ORE; MEDIUM GRADE ORE EVENLY DISSEMINATED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-80 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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