Iowa Hill Chrome Mine

Placer County, California, United States

Iron Chromium

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

TertiaryIron, Chromium

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

WorkingsSurface, Underground

Materials

Other materialsChromite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Serpentine, Uvarovite

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1917

Discovery year1917

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References

RYNEARSON,GA, CAL DIV MINES & GEOL. BULL 134,PT3,CHAP5,P216-BRADLET ET AL, 1918.MN & CR IN CAL,CAL ST MINING BUR BULL 76WARING,CA 1917 UNPUB CAL ST MINING BUK FIELD REPT,PLACER CO

Identification

Deposit ID10188665

Alternate namesWilliamson and Beck Property

RegionNA

Data scoreD

Coordinates39.12409, -120.78713