Red Pit Occurrence, Victory Chrome Co.

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077052
MRDS ID W024441
Record type Site
Current site name Red Pit Occurrence, Victory Chrome Co.
Related records 10261462

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.75075, 39.111 (WGS84)
Elevation 1242

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)

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 28 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NEAR SW CORNER SECT. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.75075, 39.111

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Capital Co. (Mineral Rights)
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A LARGE ARE SCRAPED BY A BULL DOZER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM SR 67 PLS 3 1 BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 214 PL 14

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF RED SOIL RELATIVELY RICH IN CHROMITE, AVERAGING 7 % CR2O3.

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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