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Ward and Lyons Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028617
MRDS ID M005694
Record type Site
Current site name Ward and Lyons Mine
Alternate or previous names White Hawk Mining Claim, Red Hawk Mine
Related records 10163067

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.82352, 38.27213 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 5 MI NORTH OF VALLEY SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 010E 24 NW4 OF SE4 California

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 250 FT ABOVE PARDEE RESERVOIR. MINE SHOWN AS RED HAWK MINE ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Uvarovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=10 PPB
Result PD=1 PPB
Result IR=330 PPB
Result RU=240 PPB
Result RH=3 PPB.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Bear Mountain Ophiolite
    Rock description Bear Mountain Ophiolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.82352, 38.27213
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE, DISSEMINATED
    Strike N
    Dip 30-40E
    Thickness 4.27M
    Length 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHLORITE DIKES CUT ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pardee Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kerley, A. C. And Vanwinkle, Walton
    First year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner East Bay Municipal Utility District
    Home office Oakland, Ca..
    First year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period Wwi
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^30-32% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 31wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME ORE REMAINS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT IS 30 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F.W., 1948, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 3, CH. 2, P. 51-52, PL. 5

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUB.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., AND LYDON, P.A., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 2, P. 130, PL. D.

  • Deposit

    TURNER, H.W., 1894, JACKSON FOLIO, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOLIO 11, SCALE 1:125,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE, SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR LENS 14 FT THICK AND 40-50 FT LONG

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
Updater 01-FEB-1990 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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