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Waite Property

Past Producer 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. 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 10102944
MRDS ID M011112
Record type Site
Current site name Waite Property
Alternate or previous names White Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.04826, 39.25767 (WGS84)
Elevation 727
Relative position APPROX. 13 MILES W OF NEVADA CITY, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 008E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED ON A SHALLOW, SW TRENDING RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinized 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) -121.04826, 39.25767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG
    Strike NE
    Dip 90
    Width 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF AN ARCUATE ULTRAMAFIC MASS THAT AVERAGES 1/4 MILE WIDE AND EXTENDS FOR MORE THAN 3 MILES TO THE NW.

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 1918

Mining district

District name Nevada City - Grass Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nevada Chrome Co.
    First year 1916
    Last year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner Erwin And Emma Cook, Robert And Irene Young
    Home office 1547 Leimert Blvd., Oakland, Ca. (1976)

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL (THREE?) THOUSAND TONS OF ORE MINED FROM CUT AND HAULED TO MILL FOR CONCENTRATION. RECORDED FIGURES OF NEVADA CHROME PRODUCTION VARY BUT INDICATE 400 TO 500 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATE CONTAINING ABOUT 36 PERCENT CR2O3 WAS MADE; ALL BUT ABOUT 25 TONS OF THIS CONCENTRATE CAME FROM WAITE PROPERTY.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, 20 TO 25 FT. WIDE, ABOUT 100 FT. LONG AND 20 TO 30 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 241, PL. 13

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1976, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT , UNPUBLISHED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE BODY ON THIS PROPERTY CONTAINED 10 TO 15 PERCENT CR2O3 BEING SOMEWHAT HIGHER IN GRADE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT THAN NEAR THE SURFACE. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME DISAGRREEMENT AS TO LOCATION BETWEEN TEXT AND PLATE 13. SEE CARD FOR SHERMAN RANCH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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