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Burns and O'Neill 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 10029237
MRDS ID M006666
Record type Site
Current site name Burns and O'Neill Property
Related records 10162605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.55212, 38.29713 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. BY ROAD S-SW OF THE LATE PROPERTY ON N SIDE OF ESPERANZA CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rail Road Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(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 005N 013E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.55212, 38.29713
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VERY SMALL GRAINS OF CHROMITE IRREGULARLY SCATTERED THROUGH VERY TALCOSE SERPENTINE; ONLY ORE IN PLACE AND VERY LOW GRADE; ABOUT HALF A TON OF HIGH-GRADE CHROMITE FLOAT WAS ALSO FOUND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad Flat Area

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE MINED DURING WWI. NO RECORD OF ANY ORE BEING SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 12' DEEP PIT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 58 AND PL. 5

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 128 AND PL. D

Reporter information

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

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