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Bartholomew-Simms Lease

Occurrence in Nevada 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092461
MRDS ID M011804
Record type Site
Current site name Bartholomew-Simms Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77909, 39.27072 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 011E 07 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.77909, 39.27072
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lowell Hill Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. I. Bartholomew And Williams Simms
  • Type Owner
    Owner Swedish-American Bank
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 15 LONG TONS OF DEVELOPMENT ORE HAD BEEN MINED BY SEPT. 1918, BUT NONE HAD BEEN SHIPPED. IT WAS ESTIMATED THE DEPOSIT SHOULD YIELD 100 TO 200 LONG TONS OF ORE BUT NO SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AND IT IS POSSIBLE THE ORE MAY STILL REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, ONE 18 AND THE OTHER 20 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 240, PL. 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT APPEARED TO BE A SINGLE ORE BODY DIPPING ABOUT 60 DEG. E. ORE ABOUT 2 FT. WIDE WAS EXPOSED IN THE BACKS AND FLOORS OF BOTH ADITS FOR THEIR ENTIRE LENGTH. PROPERTY LEASED FROM SWEDISH-AMERICAN BANK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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