Madrid Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras 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 10138501
MAS/MILS ID 0060091474
Record type Site
Current site name Madrid Mine
Alternate or previous names True Blue, Genochio Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.51291, 38.14301 (WGS84)
Elevation 622
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calaveritas(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 013 E 02 SWSWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.51291, 38.14301

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 3.7M
    Length 30M
    Width 5M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N80W:65S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 800708

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Murphys Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Genochio, Adolph
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Margaret S. Shepard
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15M
    Overall depth 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .6
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL STATE,MINING BUR BULL 76 P.123, 1918

  • Deposit

    CAL. DIV. MINES GEOL. BULL 134 PT3, CHAP 2, P.56-57

  • Deposit

    COOP WAR MINERALS INVEST PROJ,CALAVERAS CO NO.17 TALIAFERRO

  • Deposit

    MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES CALAVERAS.COUNTY REPT NO.2 P.22,12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TALIAFERRO(1918) STATES THAT ORE VARIED BETWEEN 30-35 PERCENT. NO ESTIMATES OF RESERVES MADE BUTCATER(1948) STATES THAT CON LE ORE REMAINS AT THE BOTTOM OF CAVED WORKINGS. TOTAL PROD 1039 LONG TONS. MINE VISTED 17 SEPT.1925. THE AVERAGE MINABLE GRADE OF CHROMITE IS 32% & IRON IS 7.2% INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 06.04,CR2O3 26.31,FEO 08.89,TOTAL FE 12.07,AL203 29.52,MGO CR/FE 1.92.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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