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Carr and Mefford Mooney Claim

Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028087
MRDS ID M004889
Record type Site
Current site name Carr and Mefford Mooney Claim
Related records 10260280

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.86213, 38.32851 (WGS84)
Relative position W 1/2 SE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(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 Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 010E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.86213, 38.32851
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank And Rose Devencenzi
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • DURING WWI CARR AND MEFFORD OPERATED THE MINE UNTIL 1918, WHEN LEAM, FUREY, AND FORD LEASED THE PROPERTY. PRODUCTION FIGURES VARY, RANGING FROM 94 LONG TONS TO 800 LONG TONS. OFFICIAL FIGURE (94) INCLUDES ONLY PRODUCTION FOR 1916 AND MINE WAS IN OPERATION 1917-1918. PROBABLY PRODUCTION WAS APPROX. 400 LONG TONS. ABOUT 3 TONS OF ORE REMAIN ON THE DUMP AND 1 TON OF SHIPPING ORE REMAINS IN SIGHT IN THE WORKINGS

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR OPEN CUTS, ONE OF WHICH IS 65 FT. LONG AND FROM 1-3 FT. WIDE; SOME UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NOW LARGELY CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 2, P.53-4

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.234, PL. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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