The Half Chrome Mine is a chromium mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 1,759 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,759 Feet (536 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.08917, -121.09833
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Half Chrome Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Half Chrome Mine
Secondary: Limekin
Secondary: Wolf Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Wolf Creek Area
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: Guy Walsh Mr. Hall
Years: 1917 - 1918
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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): OPERATED BY E. H. THOMPSON (OWNER) AND H. C. SCHROEDER IN 1916 WHO SHIPPED 40 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 35 PERCENT CR2O3; WALSH AND HALL REPORTED PRODUCTION OF 147 LONG TONS IN 1917; NO PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1918 AND NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE.
Comment (Workings): PIT 4 FT. WIDE, 8 TO 10 FT. LONG, 10 FT. DEEP; ANOTHER ABOUT 30 FT. SE 3 FT. WIDE, 6 FT. LONG, 10 FT. DEEP PROSPECT TRENCH 2 TO 3 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): SOME MAGNETITE REPORTED PRESENT AND SOME OF THE ORE WAS SAID TO BE MIXED WITH HEMATITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 467
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 248, PL. 13
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