| Deposit ID | 10163067 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M005694 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060090141 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ward and Lyons Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Red Hawk, White Hawk |
| Related records | 10028617 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.82352, 38.27211 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 238 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Calaveras(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Mokelumne(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 | 005 N | 010 E | 24 | NENWSE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Penninite | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Uvarovite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -120.82352, 38.27211 |
|---|
| Strike | N00S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 35E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 15M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 4HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1918 |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| District name | Pardee Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Other |
|---|
| Ownership category | County |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kerley, A. C. And Van Winkle, Walton |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| First year | 1918 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | East Bay Municipal Utilities District, |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Oakland,Cal |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060090141 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M005694 | MAS references MRDS |
CAL DIV MINES GEOL BULL 134,PT3, CHAP 2 P51-52 & PL.5
U.S.G.S FOLIO 2 JACKSON
CAL COUNTY REPT NO.2 P.130 & PLP 1962
USGS BULL 430 P.176
COOP WAR MINERAL INVEST. PROJ CALAVERAS CO NO.16, TALIAFERRO
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CATER STATES THAT ORE AVERAGED 30- 32 PERCENT CR2O3. ASSUMED CR/FE=3. CATER SAVS PRODUCTION HAS BEEN 1300 LONG MINE VISTED BY CDMG ON SEPT 18,1975. RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM RECORD 701 INADEQUATE RESOURCE FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 15.73,CR2O3 30.15,FEO 11.19,TOTAL FE 14.47,AL203 12.99,MGO CR/FE 1.84. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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