| Deposit ID | 10166274 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060990033 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Number 5 Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Mineral Products Company Property |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.40772, 37.41102 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 427 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stanislaus(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Boardman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)
San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Stanislaus |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 006 S | 005 E | 15 | NENESE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Pyroxene | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | Mesozoic gabbroic rocks, unit 2 (undivided) |
|---|
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 3HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| District name | Del Puerto Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Higuera, Larry |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060990033 |
CAL STATE MIN.BUR BULL.76 P.205, 1918
CJMG VOL.43 NO.2 P.91 1947
USGS BULL 936-D P.97-98 PLATE 111942
COM BULL 134 PART 2 NO 2 P.76 1953
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE RAN 53 PERCENT CHROMITE AND 30.70 PERCENT CR2O3. CONCENT AN 57.62 PERCENT CR2O3,16.36 PER CENT FE,WITH CR/FE RATIO 2. Y DATA FROM RECORD 702. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 09.03,CR2O3 42.02,FEO 13.83,TOTAL FE 16.08,AL203 09.1 4.69,CR/FE 2.30. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Stinson | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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