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California · Placer County

Little Greek Claims

Unconfirmed Chromium Underground

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Key facts

State
California
County
Placer
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Chromium
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Cr occurrence/mine located in the NE¼ sec. 31, T14N, R11E, MDM, about 3.6 km E of Foresthill proper, on the divide between Ladys Canyon on the E and Volcano Canyon on the W, on private land within a National Forest area. Owned by L. G. Embree …

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 adit symbols
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  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chromite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped adit symbols (2)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 85521

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (1)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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