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Dodds Ranch Prospect, Farmer Property

Occurrence 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. 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 10095116
MRDS ID M012249
Record type Site
Current site name Dodds Ranch Prospect, Farmer Property
Related records 10116089

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91936, 38.99072 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(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 013N 009E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CENTER OF SECTION, 600 - 700 FT SOUTH OF HOUSEOF J. G. DODDS.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINED 20.4 % CR2O3, 18 % SIO2

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91936, 38.99072
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A LITTLE LOW-GRADE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gas Canyon Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. H. Farmer, J. C. Dodds

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL OPEN CUT MADE IN 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 5, P. 229, PL. 13

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 13-15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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