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Earl Smith Mine

Past Producer in Tulare county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214702
MAS/MILS ID 0061070011
Record type Site
Current site name Earl Smith Mine
Alternate or previous names Earl Smith

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -119.05154, 36.24966 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lindsay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Visalia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kaweah(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 S 027 E 28 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -119.05154, 36.24966
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00W
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00W:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1916

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred And Will Gill
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred Smith-Leased From The Gill'S Operated 1916-1918
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1948, PART III, CHAPT. 3,

  • Deposit

    P. 97.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54, 1958, P. 417.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 250 LONG TONS. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE DEPOSIT WAS MINED OUT IN 1918. ALSO LOCATED IN THE S/2 SEC. 20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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