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Sherman Ranch

Past Producer in Nevada 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285948
MRDS ID M011111
MAS/MILS ID 0060570247
Record type Site
Current site name Sherman Ranch
Alternate or previous names Hoeft Lease
Related records 10031734

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.04634, 39.25679 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 008 E 11 SWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.04634, 39.25679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 50S
    Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00E:50S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820510

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nevada City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Isabelle C. Sherman
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Eleanor E. Hoeft- Principal Operator During W. W. I.
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATELY 500 TO 600 TONS OF MINE-RUN DISSEMINATED ORE C NG 10 TO 15 PERCENT CR2O3 WAS TAKEN TO CHAMPION MILL TO BE C ATED. THE CONCENTRATES FROM THIS ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 32 PERCENT CR2O3, AND A HIGH FE CONTENT. 146 LONG TONS WERE SHIPPED IN 1918. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON,G.A.,1953,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.241

  • Deposit

    37TH REPT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST NO.3,1941

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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