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Hinch Mine

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028788
MRDS ID M005987
Record type Site
Current site name Hinch Mine
Related records 10187419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.64629, 38.05047 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Relative position AT S END OF A RIDGE 1/4 MI. N OF POOLES STATION, IN THE SW1/4 OF SEC. 3

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Spring Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 012E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.64629, 38.05047
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHROME ORE OCCURS AS LENSES IN SERPENTINE; MOST OF THE COUNTRY ROCK IS SHEARED, SERPENTINIZED SAXONITE. NO ORE IN PLACE AND ONLY SCATTERED FRAGMENTS ARE FOUND ON THE DUMP, SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN SMALL AMOUNTS OF KAMMERERITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. W. Dean, F. Wilson,
    First year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Leimbach, Et Al.
    Home office San Lorenzo, Ca.
    First year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • 300 TONS DURING WWI; IN 1905 15 TONS WAS MINED FOR FURNACE LININGS. 3 OPEN CUTS AND A SHAFT ARE SCATTERED OVER A DISTANCE OF 150' ALONG A NW TRENDING LINE. 5 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 47-48 AND PL. 5; B. 76, P. 121-2; REPT. 21, P. 165

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 129 AND PL. D

  • Deposit

    USGS B. 430, P. 176

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPT., UNPB.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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