| Deposit ID | 10165116 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060850049 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | O'Connell Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | O'Connell Number 1, Greenwalt, Greenwalls Property, O'Connell Ranch Mine |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.68912, 37.19682 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 201 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Clara(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Morgan Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Coyote(hydrologic unit)
San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)
San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Santa Clara |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008 S | 003 E | 31 | NWSENW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Magnesite | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Ulexite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -121.68912, 37.19682 |
|---|
| Length | 45M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 0.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 3HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1953 |
| District name | Coyote District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lake Anderson Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| First year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Palo Alto Mining Co.-Last Operators 1955 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 3HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060850049 |
CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL VOL.50,NO.2, APR.1954, PP.339,402.
1954
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CALCULATED AVERAGE GRADE OF CONCENTRATE SHIPPED FROM 1953 TO WAS 44.67 PERCENT CR2O3,12.89 PERCENT FE,2.37 TO 1 CR/FE RAT M USBM PRODUCTION RECORD RESERVES ESTIMATED TO BE 280 LONGTONS OF 20 PERCENT CR2O3. FUTURE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LIKELY INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR CO YSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E,NORTH PIT=S102 5.40,CR2O3 47.50,FEO 13.70,TOTAL FE 16.08,A .34,MGO 11.61,CR/FE 2.60.DISSEMINATED ORE,MIDDLE PIT=S102 8. 3 49.33,FEO 9.92,TOTAL FE 14.47,AL203 10.39,MGO 11.61,CR/FE SSEMINATED ORE SOUTH PIT=S102 6.70,CR2O3 45.67,FEO 11.36,TOT 6.00,AL203 9.45,MGO 12.02,CR/FE 2.50. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Stinson | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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