Waite Property

Past Producer in Nevada 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10213134
MRDS ID W024335
MAS/MILS ID 0060570248
Record type Site
Current site name Waite Property
Alternate or previous names White Estate Mine
Related records 10076986

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.04544, 39.25769 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 008 E 11 SESESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.04544, 39.25769

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 6M
    Length 18M
    Width 9M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N45E: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 820510

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nevada City

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Erwin V And Emma Cook,And Robert L And Irene Young
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Nevada County Chrome Co. (Last Operator)
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    Last year 1918

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON GA.1953.CAL DIV MINES BULL 134 PT3,CH5 NEVADA CO P

  • Deposit

    LOGAN CA 1918 UNPUBL FIELD REPORT NEVADA CO NO.209.WHITE EST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE RAN 10-15% CR2O3.CONCENTRATES AVERAGED 36% CR2O3,HIGH IN PRODUCTION-- 3000 TONS ORE WHICH WAS MILLED TO 400-500 TONS RATES, MINE IDLE SINCE 1918 VISIT BY CDMG 5 JAN 1976 THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF CHROMITE IS 12 PERCENT AND IRO PERCENT. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 05.40,CR2O3 38.67,FEO 09.62,TOTAL FE 17.69,AL203 18.90,MGO CR/FE 1.91.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 10.14,CR2O3 32.89,FEO 13.65 FE 19.30,AL203 15.12,MGO 14.09,CR/FE 1.50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Unknown 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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