Perconi Ranch Deposits

Prospect in Tuolumne 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190293
MRDS ID W025945
MAS/MILS ID 0061090081
Record type Site
Current site name Perconi Ranch Deposits
Alternate or previous names Cherry Creek Mine, Emigrant Basin Primitive Area, Whittle Property
Related records 10077878

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.4654, 37.87912 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 S 014 E 05 S2NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.4654, 37.87912

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 76M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830131

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chinese Camp Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O. Malone And G. H. Rowe-Leased During W. W.1.
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO FURTHER WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE W.W.1 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.

External references

Authoritative California resources

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