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North End Claim

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10238310
MRDS ID W025933
MAS/MILS ID 0061090038
Record type Site
Current site name North End Claim
Alternate or previous names Last Chance Claim, C and M Quigg Lease, Ziehlke Claims, Last Chance Claims, Murphy Lease, Morning Glory Claim, Pereira Property, West End Claim
Related records 10077869

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.5029, 37.90852 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Melones Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 013 E 25 SENESW 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

Main Entrance (1) -120.5029, 37.90852
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 12M
    Length 75M
    Width 1.5M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N40W:80S
    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 1890
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Jamestown Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Martha L Price And Melvin M Laughlin
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Last Operator-V Johnson And J F Stewart (Ww2)
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM CATER,1948. TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS 449 METRIC TONS.(TOTAL FOR ZIEHLKE CLAI AVERAGED 45 PERCENT CR2O3(OR ABOUT 20 PERCENT CR2O3) INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 02.65,CR2O3 42.02,FEO 18.16 TOTAL FE 19.30,AL203 09.9 6.25,CR/FE 1.42.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER,FW 1948,CR-TUOLUMNE.CAL DIVMINES BULL 134,PT 3,CHAP 1,

  • Deposit

    PL 1.

  • Deposit

    TALIAFERRO,N L,1918,COOP WAR MINERAL INVEST,TUOLUMNE CO. NOS

  • Deposit

    21,UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

    AS OF 1961

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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