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Holston Chromite Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287522
MAS/MILS ID 0061070014
Record type Site
Current site name Holston Chromite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Holston Mine, Vaughn Ranch Deposit, Vaughn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -118.95264, 36.02497 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Success Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Three Rivers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare Lake Bed(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 Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 S 028 E 09 NESWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 75W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 80M
    Width 6M
    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 N20W:75W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 820825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Porterville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Holston, Howard V.
    Interest 50
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Ghee, Nell Marie
    Interest 50
    Home office California
    Year 1976

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
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 85M
    Overall depth 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method GLORY HOLE 10-37
    Swell Factor .6
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 23
    Number of Adits 3
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 15, 1917, P. 907.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1948, PART III, CHAPT. 3,

  • Deposit

    P. 98.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54, 1958, P. 336.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RYNEARSON 1948 STATES THAT LITTLEORE REMAINS,BUT THAT SHIPPE ER AVERAGED 45-50 PERCENT CR2O3. ASSUME CR/FE=3. MINE VISTED BY CDMG 12 AUG.1975 A SMALL AMOUNT OF DISSEMINA REMAINED IN PLACE.TOTAL PRODUCTION=3300 METRIC TONS. IDLE SI THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF OREOF CHROMITE IS 47 PERCENT A IS 11 PERCENT. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 06.16,CR2O3 46.60,FEO 11.15,TOTAL FE 14.47,AL203 15.35,MGO CR/FE 2.83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-92 Stinson U.S. Bureau of Mines

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