Mendenhall No. 1

Past Producer in Alameda county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114223
MRDS ID M004675
MAS/MILS ID 0060010029
Record type Site
Current site name Mendenhall No. 1
Alternate or previous names Cedar Mountain Mine, Mendenhall Chrome Mines, Newman Mine, Mendenhall Mine
Related records 10027975

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.61293, 37.55741 (WGS84)
Elevation 1070
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alameda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 S 003 E 26 NENWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antigorite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Chrysotile Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.61293, 37.55741

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00W
    Dip 30N
    Area 12HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00W:30N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 12
    Date of Last Modification 820226

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Cedar Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vernon E. And Dorothy Rose
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gerard M. And Marie T. Lafon May Own portion Of Mine Area
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 20
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 430 1910 CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA PP 173-174

  • Deposit

    CDMG 17TH REPT OF STATE MINEROLOGIST 1920 P 21

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134 PT 2 CHAP 2 1953,ALAMEDA COUNTY P.52

  • Deposit

    CDMG 11TH REPT OF STATE MINERALOGIST 1893 P.122

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION FROM THIS MINE 1953-1956 ALTHOUGH NO DATA ON RESERVES IS AVAILABLE RESERVES PROBABLY CONCENTRATES 1953-1956 RAN 43.3 TO 51.3 PERCENT CR2O3 11.7 T PERCENT FE AND 2.5 TO 3.0 CR TO FE RATIO: INSUFFICIENT DATA MATRIX CALCULATIONS ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 18.50,CR2O3 36.54,FEO 09.62,TOTAL FE 12.87,AL203 05.80,MGO CR/FE 2.50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-84 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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