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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117812
MAS/MILS ID 0061070068
Record type Site
Current site name Waddell Mine
Alternate or previous names Waddell

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.07704, 36.27166 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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)

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 019 S 027 E 17 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO LOCATED IN SECTION 20 NW FOURTH ABOUT 4 MILES NE OF INDSEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.07704, 36.27166
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1916

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gill Bros Cattle Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 76, 1918, P. 213.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 15, 1917, P. 907-908.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 26, 1930, P. 432.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1948, PART III, CHAPT. 3,

  • Deposit

    P. 97.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54, 1958, P. 418.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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