Gill Mine

Occurrence in Tulare county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043439
MRDS ID M100202
Record type Site
Current site name Gill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.03066, 36.25913 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot At Center Of Ne Of Se, Sect. 22.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Visalia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kaweah(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019S 027E 22 NE OF SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Complete Serpentinization Of Host Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.03066, 36.25913

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N
    Dip 90
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED NEAR THE EAST SIDE OF A NW TRENDING, IRREGULARLY EXPOSED SERPENTINE BELT WHICH IS 5-6 KM WIDE AND APPROX. 40 KM LONG. THE HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE IS BORDERED BY PRE-CRET. METAVOLCANIC AND METASED. ROCKS, PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM AND MESO. GRANODIORITE INTRUSIVES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yokohl Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gill Brothers Cattle Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 90 FT OF TUNNELS AND CROSSCUTS, AND 3 RAISES TO THE SURFACE (1948).

Comments on development

  • APPROX. 4 LT ORE MINED DURING WWI REMAINED ON THE DUMP (1943).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 3, P. 97

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT MINED OUT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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