Ward and Lyons 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.82352, 38.27211 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005 N 010 E 24 NENWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Penninite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.82352, 38.27211

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 35E
    Thickness 5M
    Length 15M
    Width 8M
    Area 4HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00S:35E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Pardee Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL DIV MINES GEOL BULL 134,PT3, CHAP 2 P51-52 & PL.5

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S FOLIO 2 JACKSON

  • Deposit

    CAL COUNTY REPT NO.2 P.130 & PLP 1962

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 430 P.176

  • Deposit

    COOP WAR MINERAL INVEST. PROJ CALAVERAS CO NO.16, TALIAFERRO

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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