Joerger Mine

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10162972
MRDS ID M007302
MAS/MILS ID 0060170017
Record type Site
Current site name Joerger Mine
Alternate or previous names Joerger Property
Related records 10029630

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.07273, 38.6752 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarksville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 008 E 35 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N42E
    Dip 80N
    Length 46M
    Width 18M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N42E:80N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Clarksville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1951
    Indicated 3000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3000mt ore
    Inferred 7500mt ore
    Total resources 15000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 8 wt-pct Chromium Trace 1951
    Iron Fe 4 wt-pct Iron Trace 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR OF MINES & GEOL V52 NO4 P387,CLARK AND CARLSON,19

  • Deposit

    CDM AND G BULL 134 PT3 SIERRA NEVADA CHAP4,P126,CATGR,195

  • Deposit

    COOPERATIVE WAR MINERALS INVEST IN CALIF UNPUBL REPORT,TALIA

  • Deposit

    918

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES CUT OFF BY DIORITE DIKE RESERVES ESTIM 300 TON/FT DEPTH 10-15000 TONS 8% CR2O3.REC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITH IN 1 MILEOF MINE. ISUFFICIENT RESERVES DEVELOPED FOR COSTING E=S102 08.36,CR2O3 43.85,FEO 13.39,TOTAL FE 19.30,AL203 09.4 2.44,CR/FE 2.00

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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