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Fiddlers Green

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140262
MRDS ID M012262
MAS/MILS ID 0060610227
Record type Site
Current site name Fiddlers Green
Alternate or previous names Fiddlers Green Property
Related records 10032082

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.92883, 38.96799 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 100(meters)
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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 013 N 009 E 24 N2NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.92883, 38.96799
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Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 00S
    Thickness 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Width 0M
    Length 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820521

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Gas Canyon Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Guy Walsh And Hall-Lessee In 1917
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. H. Farmer And J. G. Dodds-Owners 1918
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0060610227
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M012262 MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    G.A.RYNEARSON,1953,CDM AND G BULL134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.230.

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY,W.ET.AL,1918,CAL.STATE MINING BUR BULL 76,P.160.

  • Deposit

    SOUTH PACIFIC CO.MINERAL FOR INDUSTRY,NORTHERN CAL.,VOL.2,P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASSAY SHOWED THAT THE ORE CONTAINED 32.3 PERCENT CR2O3,AND 1 CENT S102. ABOUT 4 TONS OF ORE WAS ON THE DUMP AT THE TIME W MADE HIS VISIT TO THE PROPERTY INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

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