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Victory Claim 1941

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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092445
MRDS ID M011735
Record type Site
Current site name Victory Claim 1941
Alternate or previous names Mount Hill Chrome Mine 1917-18
Related records 10261401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80131, 39.33211 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
Relative position NR. S. EDGE SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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)

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 Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 010E 13 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80131, 39.33211
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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 Washington Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner A. Schwartz (George Scott 1917-18)

Comments on the production information

  • SCOTT REPORTED 35 TONS OF ORE MINED BY HIM AND 31 TONS MINED BY A LESSEE WAS SHIPPED IN 1917 AND DEPOSIT WAS CONSIDERED WORKED OUT. ABOUT 50 LONG TONS OF ORE PILED ON THE DUMP IN 1942 BUT IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH, IF ANY WAS SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 6 FT. WIDE, 14 FT. LONG, 10 FT. DEEP; ANOTHER 8 FT. IN DIA. AND 6 FT. LONG (AS OF 1917); 3 SLOUGHED PITS (1942)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III,CHAP. 5, P. 240, PL. 13

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 458

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1917, THE LARGE PIT WAS MADE ON THE LENS AND THE ORE BODY WAS EXPOSED FOR 5FT. ALONG THE STRIKE IN THE S END OF THE CUT TO A DEPTH OF 5 FT. AND WAS 4 FT. WIDE. IN 1941 SCHWARTZ CLAIMED THAT ORE 5 FT. WIDE AND AT LEAST 2 FT. DEEP EXISTED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 3 PITS, BUT THIS COULD NOT BE VERIFIED.

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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