Barnes Mine

Past Producer in Sonoma 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10141361
MAS/MILS ID 0060970020
Record type Site
Current site name Barnes Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.99778, 38.75548 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Asti(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sonoma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 010 W 32 SWNWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Franciscan melange

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Year of first production 1884

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Barnes-Worked The Mine Prior To 1884
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Wanderer Mining Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    First year 1916
    Last year 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DON,D.H.,AND THAYER,T.P.,1946,CDMAND G BULL 134,PT.2,CHAP.1,

  • Deposit

    PP.227-228,262.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE ORE WAS COLLECT SURFACE FLOAT OR ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS,AND THAT VERY LITTLE OF T WAS MINED IN PLACE INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Hayashi U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.