The Holseman Mine is a chromium mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,549 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: 2,549 Feet (777 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.23, -121.06670
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Holseman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Holseman Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Nevada City - Grass Valley 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: Edna M. Wasley
Home Office: 302 East Ridge Rd., Grass Valley, Ca., 94945.
Owner Name: T. F. Hogan, G. J. Hothersall, Et Al
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Physiographic Detail: Sierra Nevada Foothills
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 (Deposit): COMPRISED 34 ACRES AND ADJOINS THE ALTA HILL MINE. ORE SHIPPED IN 1918 CONTAINED 30 TO 300 PERCENT CR2O3. THAT SHIPPED IN 1916 & 1917 MIGHT HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY RICHER. NO ORE IN SIGHT IN CUTS IN AUG. 1918 BUT SOME LENSES 3 TO 4 FT. WIDE EXPOSED IN BOTTOM OF SHAFT AND DRIFT.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON A NORTH FACING SLOPE.
Comment (Production): HOGAN AND HOTHERSALL SHIPPED 353 LONG TONS OF ORE IN 1916, 446 TONS IN 1917 AND 80 TONS IN 1918 WITH A TOTAL OF 879 LONG TONS SHIPPED AND 161 TONS STOCKED. THE MAJOR PART OF THE ORE PROBABLY CAME FROM THIS DEPOSIT. THE STATE REPORTED 50 TO 100 TONS OF MILLING GRADE ORE, 10 TO 18 PERCENT CR2O3 REMAINED IN 1918.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND A SHAFT 20 FT. DEEP WITH A DRIFT OF 20 FT. LONG AT THE BOTTOM.
Comment (Location): Used PLS and GIS to determine Lat/long.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT.5, P. 243-244.
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1976, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
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