Spanish Mines Consolidated

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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 10077020
MRDS ID W024376
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Mines Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Claims: Spanish, Esmeralda
Related records 10164525

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.79742, 39.02295 (WGS84)
Elevation 975

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foresthill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 010E 25 SE California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE CORNER, 25 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.79742, 39.02295

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. A. Garrison
    First year 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM SR-67,PL 3,BULL 134,PT 3,CH 5,P 228,PL 13;23RD REPT ST MIN P 238

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 228.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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