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Daisy Bell Claim

Past 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098577
MRDS ID M100626
Record type Site
Current site name Daisy Bell Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77714, 39.10822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position APPROX. 22 MILES EAST OF AUBURN, BY ROAD.

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 030E 30 SE OF SW OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN WORKINGS APPROX. 200 FT EAST OF FINNING MILL RD., ADJACENT TO AN INTERSECTING DIRT ROAD ENTERING FROM A SHALLOW GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Antigorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Magnesite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 46.39 TO 48.80% CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.77714, 39.10822
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Length 609.6M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A MASS OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS THAT HAVE INTRUDED PALEOZOIC METAMORPHICS OF THE CULAVERAS GROUP. A THICK (UP TO 10 FT) MANTLE OF RESIDUAL SOIL COVERS THE CHROMITE BEARING SERPENTINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joseph Delmire
    First year 1955
    Last year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS (NOW FLOODED), AN ADIT (NOW CAVED) AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES. (1975)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 219, 220, 308

  • Production

    CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, 1975, UNPUBLISHED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL ORE BODIES ARE LOCALIZED WITHIN A ZONE HAVING THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS AND STRIKE.

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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