Little Greek Claims

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Chromium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10110861
MRDS ID	W024419
Record type	Site
Current site name	Little Greek Claims
Related records	10212806

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-120.78019, 39.0185 (WGS84)
Elevation	853
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	014N	011E	31	NE	California

Comments on the location information

LOCATED IN NE CORNER, 31

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-120.78019, 39.0185	ListMap

Ore body information

General form IRREGULAR

Economic information

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 L. G. Embree

First year 1941

Comments on the workings information

WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 4 SHAFTS RANGING IN DEPTH FROM12 - 25 FT DEEP

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W024419

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 228 PL 14 GEOL MAP OF CA CHICO
Production

CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 228

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF A VERTICAL ORE ZONE STRIKING N70W, BASED ON THE POSITION OF THE WORKINGS.

Reporter information

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