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Section 19 Deposit, Victory Chrome Co.

Producer in Placer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077050
MRDS ID W024437
Record type Site
Current site name Section 19 Deposit, Victory Chrome Co.
Related records 10213136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78214, 39.136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Flat(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)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 011E 19 NE OF NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
  • General form LENSE

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 Capital Co. (Mineral Rights)
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 2 SHAFTS, 25 FT DEEP, THAT ARECONNECTED UNDERGROUND BY IRREGULAR STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 213 PL 13 GEOL MAP OF CA CHICO

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 202

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN IRREGULAR STRINGERS, SMALL MASSES OF POORLY FORMED NODULES AND COARSE GRAINS OF CHROMITE.

Reporter information

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

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