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Waddell Mine

Past Producer in Tulare 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043443
MRDS ID M100206
Record type Site
Current site name Waddell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.07788, 36.26829 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 15 MILES E. OF VISALIA, CA., Assumed Spot Center Of Sw, 17

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)

Tulare Lake Bed(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 17;20 SW (17); NW (20) California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.07788, 36.26829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN A NW TRENDING, IRREGULARLY EXPOSED BELT OF HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE WHICH IS 5-6 KM WIDE AND APPROX. 40 KM LONG. THE BELT IS BORDERED BY PRE-CRET. METAVOLC. AND META SED. ROCKS, PLEIST. ALLUVIUM AND MESO. GRANODIORITE INTRUSIVES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Yokohl Valley Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gill, Frederick

Comments on development

  • DEPOSITS WORKED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 3, P. 97

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH DEPOSITS CONSISTED OF A SERIES OF NARROW LENSES OF ORE STRIKING NE.

Reporter information

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

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