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Mayflower Chrome Mine Burnham and Wilson Mine

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027954
MRDS ID M004641
Record type Site
Current site name Mayflower Chrome Mine Burnham and Wilson Mine
Related records 10162552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.55822, 37.95852 (WGS84)
Elevation 332
Relative position ABOUT 1300' NW OF LIBERTY MINE A SHORT DISTANCE SW OF BEAN GULCH NEAR CTR OF NW1/4 OF SEC.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 013E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE SHIPPED ASSAYED 48 % CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.55822, 37.95852
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Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHROMITE LENSES 1-4' THICK; MOST OF THE ORE IS BLACK, MASSIVE, MEDIUM-GRAINED CHROMITE HAVING A SUBMETALLIC LUSTER, BUT SMALL AMOUNTS OF MEDIUMGRADE DISSEMINATED ORE ARE PRESENT. CONSIDERABLE TALC AND KAMMERERITE OCCUR WITH THE CHROMITE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name French Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gillis, C. A.
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • 667 LONG TONS CONTAINING 48% CHROMIC OXIDE. RESERVES PROBABLY LIMITED TO A FEW TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SHAFT 15'DEEP; OPEN CUT 45'LONG, 3-4'WIDE, 40'DEEP; CAVED TUNNEL ABOUT 100'LONG

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M004641

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 42 AND PL. 5; B. 76, P. 121; B. 145, PL. 2; REPT. 21, P. 165

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 22, 129, AND PL. D; MAP GP-561

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPT., UNPB.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey