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Mcnamara Property

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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028749
MRDS ID M005924
Record type Site
Current site name Mcnamara Property
Related records 10211007

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.79045, 38.23963 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Valley Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 011E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.79045, 38.23963
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL DETACHED SERPENTINE LENS CONTAINING HIGH-GRADE DISSEMINATED AND MASSIVE CHROMITE; ORE CONTAINED 43.02% OF CHROMIC OXIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pardee

Comments on the production information

  • 6 TONS MINED IN 1942. ABOUT 1 TON OF ORE WAS MINED IN 1918 FROM A SMALL PIT 400' SOUTH OF THIS DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 52 AND PL. 5

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 11, JACKSON

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT.NO.2,P. 129 AND PL. D

Reporter information

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

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