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Burns and Turzich Mine

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043698
MRDS ID M100601
Record type Site
Current site name Burns and Turzich Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.45517, 37.8677 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chinese Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 014E 08 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS APPROX. 150 FT WEST OF THE CHINESE STATION ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINS 38.2% CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.45517, 37.8677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE WESTERN MOST OF 2 SERPENTINE BELTS THAT TREND NW-SE ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE BELT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA 30 KM BY 6 KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chinese Camp Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Mariano

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT THAT IS OPEN TO A DEPTH OF 35 FT (1948).

Comments on development

  • APPROX. 10 TONS ORE STOCKPILED ON DUMPS (1918).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F.W. JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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