Jack Sprat Number One

Past Producer in Fresno county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163702
MAS/MILS ID 0060190199
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Sprat Number One
Alternate or previous names Jack Sprat, Carson Mine, Sweet Mine, Jack Spratt, Carson & Sweet

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -119.34736, 36.89634 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trimmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(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 Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 024 E 10 NESWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -119.34736, 36.89634

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S80W
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 3M
    Length 23M
    Width 3M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip S80W:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Trimmer-Pine Ft

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Carson And Ad Sweet-Last Operators-1918
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Virginia Akers
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JOURN MINES & GEOLOGY V.47 NO 3 P 544; PL 31 JULY 1951

  • Deposit

    CAL DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CHAP 3 P 87-8; PL 6

  • Deposit

    COOP WAR MINERAL INVEST.PROJ,FRESNO,CO. NO.14,TALIAFERRO 191

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit G A RYNEARSON 1948 STATES THAT ORE WAS ABOUT 30 PERCENT CR20 ASSUME CR/FE=3 AROUND 900 LONG TONS WERE SHIPPED. MINE VISTED BY CDMG ON 14 AUGUST 1975. RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM RECORD 700 ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 03.69,CR2O3 40.92,FEO 08.56,TOTAL FE 16.72,AL203 21.7 5.75,CR/FE 2.15.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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