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Barnes Mine

Past Producer in Sonoma 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103907
MRDS ID M100310
Record type Site
Current site name Barnes Mine
Alternate or previous names Ardoin 1918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99691, 38.75516 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED A SPOT AT CENTER OF SECT. 32.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Asti(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sonoma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 010W 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED IN SECT. 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Franciscan melange
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer Edward Barnes
Year of first production 1884
Year of last production 1918

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wanderer Mining Co.,
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.
  • Type Owner
    Owner V. And A. Ardoin, J. Ferrari, Mcmahon, Cloverdale, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS OF FLOAT WERE COLLECTED AND ONE CARLOAD OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1918.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE WAS COLLECTED MAINLY FROM SURFACE FLOAT OR ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS. IN 1918, THE WANDERER MINING CO. SANK AN INCLINED SHAFT 15 FT. BELOW THE CREEK BED AND 30 FT. BELOW THE GROUND LEVEL. AND DROVE A NUMBER OF IRREGULAR DRIFTS WHICH INTERESECTED OLD WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW, D. H. AND THAYER, T. P., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 1, P. 26, 36

  • Production

    DOW & THAYER (1946)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIECES OF CHROMITE FROM 1 IN. TO 1 FT. ACROSS WERE MINED FROM RIVER DEPOSITS. OCCASIONALLY, BOULDERS UP TO 12 TONS WERE FOUND, ALSO. ORE WAS ESPECIALLY ABUNDANT IN LOWER MOST BEDS, WHICH RESTED ON SERPENTINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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