The Carr and Mefford Mooney Claim is a chromium mine located in Amador county, California.
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Mine Info
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Carr and Mefford Mooney Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carr and Mefford Mooney Claim
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank And Rose Devencenzi
Years: 1953 -
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): DURING WWI CARR AND MEFFORD OPERATED THE MINE UNTIL 1918, WHEN LEAM, FUREY, AND FORD LEASED THE PROPERTY. PRODUCTION FIGURES VARY, RANGING FROM 94 LONG TONS TO 800 LONG TONS. OFFICIAL FIGURE (94) INCLUDES ONLY PRODUCTION FOR 1916 AND MINE WAS IN OPERATION 1917-1918. PROBABLY PRODUCTION WAS APPROX. 400 LONG TONS. ABOUT 3 TONS OF ORE REMAIN ON THE DUMP AND 1 TON OF SHIPPING ORE REMAINS IN SIGHT IN THE WORKINGS
Comment (Workings): FOUR OPEN CUTS, ONE OF WHICH IS 65 FT. LONG AND FROM 1-3 FT. WIDE; SOME UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NOW LARGELY CAVED
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 2, P.53-4
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.234, PL. 1
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