The Ellis is a chromium mine located in Amador county, California.
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Mine Info
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Ellis MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ellis
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. M. Ellis
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): WORKED DURING WWI. ABOUT 10 TONS OF ORE IS STACKED AT THE PIT BUT NONE HAS EVER BEEN SHIPPED. A SAMPLE OF THIS ORE CONTAINED 40.22 PERCENT OF CHROMIC OXIDE. RESERVES ARE PROBABLY LESS THAN 50 TONS
Comment (Workings): ONE SMALL PIT AND A NUMBER OF PROSPECT TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 2, P.53
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1950, P.234, PL. 1
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