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Earl Smith Mine

Past Producer in Tulare 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043438
MRDS ID M100200
Record type Site
Current site name Earl Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.05511, 36.25746 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 16 MILES EAST OF VISALIA, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of S2, Sect. 21

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Visalia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kaweah(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019S 027E 21;28 S2 (21); NW (28) California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED ON A NE RUNNING HOGBACK NEAR LIN DSAY PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINED 30-40% CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.05511, 36.25746
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NW
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN A NW TRENDING, IRREGULARLY EXPOSED BELT OF HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE WHICH IS 5-6 KM WIDE AND APPROX. 40 KM LONG. THE BELT IS BORDERED BY PRE-CRET. METAVOLC: AND META SED. ROCKS, PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM AND MESO. GRANODIORITE INTRUSIVES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Yokohl Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Smith, Earl
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gill, Fred And Will
    First year 1918

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1916-1918
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^30-40% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 35wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS, A 50 FT LONG TUNNEL AND A 30 FT DEEP SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G. A., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 3, P. 97, 103

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 3, P. 97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF 3 LENSES, APPROX. 100 FT APART WITH ABOVE STRIKE AND DIP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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