| Deposit ID | 10138268 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M005816 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060090256 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ellingwood Property |
| Alternate or previous names | City of Stockton Property, Mcafee Lease |
| Related records | 10109138 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.77351, 38.18851 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 274 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Calaveras(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Valley Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)
San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)
San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Calaveras |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 004 N | 011 E | 21 | NW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Penninite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | Jurassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Western Sierra Nevada and Western Klamath Mountains) |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| District name | Valley Springs |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ellingwood, William - Owned Mine During W. W.1 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mc Afee, D. L. - Leased The Property From W. Ellingwood |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Penn Copper Co.-First Worked The Mine In 1910 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | City Of Stockton-Acquired Mine In 1948 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060090256 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M005816 | MAS references MRDS |
CATER,F.W.,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.3,CHAP.2,P.48-49,1948
CLARK,U.B.,AND LYDON,P.A,MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALA
COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,COUNTY REPT NO.2,P.21-22,1962
HAYES,C.W,AND LINDGREN,W.,USGS BULL 430,"CONTRIBUTIONS TO EC
GEOLOGY",P.174-176,1909
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PROPERTY WAS FIRST WORKED IN 1910 AND THE CHROMITE WAS U THE CAMP SECO SMELTER FOR FURNACELINING. THE MINE WAS ACTIVE DURING W.W.1,AND AGAIN IN 1941.SINCE 194 MINE HAS BEEN IDLE.TOTAL PRODUCTION HAS AMOUNTED TO 500 TONS RESERVES ARE NOT KNOWN.INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULAT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-NOV-1984 | Unknown | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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