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Mayflower Chrome Mine Burnham and Wilson Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027954
MRDS ID M004641
Record type Site
Current site name Mayflower Chrome Mine Burnham and Wilson Mine
Related records 10162552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.55822, 37.95852 (WGS84)
Elevation 332
Relative position ABOUT 1300' NW OF LIBERTY MINE A SHORT DISTANCE SW OF BEAN GULCH NEAR CTR OF NW1/4 OF SEC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Melones Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 013E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE SHIPPED ASSAYED 48 % CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.55822, 37.95852
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHROMITE LENSES 1-4' THICK; MOST OF THE ORE IS BLACK, MASSIVE, MEDIUM-GRAINED CHROMITE HAVING A SUBMETALLIC LUSTER, BUT SMALL AMOUNTS OF MEDIUMGRADE DISSEMINATED ORE ARE PRESENT. CONSIDERABLE TALC AND KAMMERERITE OCCUR WITH THE CHROMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name French Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gillis, C. A.
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • 667 LONG TONS CONTAINING 48% CHROMIC OXIDE. RESERVES PROBABLY LIMITED TO A FEW TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SHAFT 15'DEEP; OPEN CUT 45'LONG, 3-4'WIDE, 40'DEEP; CAVED TUNNEL ABOUT 100'LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 42 AND PL. 5; B. 76, P. 121; B. 145, PL. 2; REPT. 21, P. 165

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 22, 129, AND PL. D; MAP GP-561

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPT., UNPB.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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