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Clara H.Mine & Mill

Past Producer in Fresno county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139331
MRDS ID W023594
MAS/MILS ID 0060190144
Record type Site
Current site name Clara H.Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Clara H Mine
Related records 10110656

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.41676, 36.94684 (WGS84)
Elevation 494
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humphreys Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dry(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 S 023 E 25 SENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Magnesite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.41676, 36.94684
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820421

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1880

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spear And Loffinger
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner R. A. Fredricks
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JOUR MINES & GEOLOGY V.47 NO.3,P.540,PL 31 JULY 1951

  • Deposit

    CAL.DOM BULL 134,PT 3,CHAP.3,P.83-4,99; PL.6

  • Deposit

    CAL STATE MIN BUR BULL 76,P.144, 1918

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO.15.99

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE WAS FIRST OPERATED FROM 1880-1882 ACCORDING TO FRED THE CLARA H HAS BEEN THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF CHROMITE IN FRE NTY.PRODUCTION OF THE MINE PRIOR TO 1916 IS UNKNOWN.IN 1916 LONG TONS OF ORE YIELDED.THE TOTAL ACCREDITED PRODUCTION IS LONG TONS.INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hayashi U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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