| 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 |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.04544, 39.25769 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 701 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Nevada |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 016 N | 008 E | 11 | SESESW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Pyroxene | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -121.04544, 39.25769 |
|---|
| Strike | N45E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 90N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 18M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| District name | Nevada City |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Other |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| 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 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060570248 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W024335 | MAS references MRDS |
RYNEARSON GA.1953.CAL DIV MINES BULL 134 PT3,CH5 NEVADA CO P
LOGAN CA 1918 UNPUBL FIELD REPORT NEVADA CO NO.209.WHITE EST
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-NOV-1984 | Unknown | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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