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James 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043441
MRDS ID M100204
Record type Site
Current site name James Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.02705, 36.11274 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 4 MILES N OF PORTERVILLE, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of S2, Sect. 11

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Porterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Visalia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare Lake Bed(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 021S 027E 11 S2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.02705, 36.11274
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Economic information

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. METAVOLCANIC AND METASED. ROCKS, PLEIST. 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 1915
Year of last production 1916

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Adams, R. O.
    First year 1916
  • Type Owner
    Owner James, Mrs. J. H.
    First year 1916

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT MINED OUT, 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 3, P. 98

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 3, P. 98

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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Authoritative California resources

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