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Daisy Bell Claim

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188964
MRDS ID W024450
MAS/MILS ID 0060610672
Record type Site
Current site name Daisy Bell Claim
Alternate or previous names Daisy Belle Claim
Related records 10077057

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.77713, 39.10819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Location accuracy 10(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 015 N 011 E 30 SESWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.77713, 39.10819
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Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 00N
    Thickness 1M
    Depth to top 3M
    Width 61M
    Length 610M
    Area 3.3HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N70W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3.3
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Tahoe National Forest
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Joseph Delmue (Last Operator
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    Last year 1958

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVE ESTIMATED IN LITERATURE. GRADE OF 10.7 LONG TON SED IN 1944 BY METALS RESERVE CO.WAS 46.59 % CR2O3,CR/FE=2.6 L PRODUCTION 600-700 TONS. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALC ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 02.78,CR2O3 54.81,FEO 16.20,TOTAL FE 17.69,AL203 10.39,MGO CR/FE 2.73.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 04.93,CR2O3 51.16,FEO 16.71 FE 18.01,AL203 09.45,MGO 11.61,CR/FE 2.50.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0060610672
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W024450 MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON,GA,1953 CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3, CHAP 5 PP.219

  • Deposit

    MIN P 138 USBM MIN YB V 3 1954 P 225 1956 P 229

Reporter information

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