Sunny Ridge Fraction Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10110871
MRDS ID	W024452
Record type	Site
Current site name	Sunny Ridge Fraction Claim
Related records	10189220, 10285992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-120.7877, 39.10906 (WGS84)
Elevation	1097
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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	30	SW OF SE	California

Comments on the location information

LOCATED IN NORTHERN PART OF SW OF SE, 30

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-120.7877, 39.10906	ListMap

Ore body information

General form POD

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 J. Del Mue And Others

First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND A SHORT DRIFT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W024452

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 217-218 PL 14 SR 67 PLS 1 3 DOM BULL 76 P
Deposit

160 23RD REPT ST MIN P 238
Production

CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 202

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MOST OF THE ORE CONSISTED OF FLOAT DERIVED FROM SMALL ORE BODIES THAT HAD ERODED OUT OF HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE.

Reporter information

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