Twin Shafts, Victory Chrome Co.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10110869
MRDS ID	W024444
Record type	Site
Current site name	Twin Shafts, Victory Chrome Co.
Related records	10231982

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-120.75992, 39.10878 (WGS84)
Elevation	1195
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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	015N	011E	29	SW OF SE	California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-120.75992, 39.10878	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 Capital Co. (Mineral Rights)

First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A BULLDOZER PIT AND 2 SHAFTS 20 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W024444

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DOM SR 67 PL 1 3 BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 214 PL 14 CJMG V 51 NO 4 P
Deposit

377 MIN YB V 3 1952 1953 P 217
Production

CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 214

Reporter information

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