The Geach Property is a chromium mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,598 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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.22556, -121.03167
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Geach Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Geach Property
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Nevada City - Grass Valley Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. W. And W. J. Jenkins
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 (Workings): SHAFT 20 FT. DEEP WITH SHORT DRIFT AND UNDERHAND STOPE AT THE BOTTOM.
Comment (Production): ABOUT 40 LONG TONS HAD BEEN MINED WHEN PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED IN 1918. LESSEES REPORTED THAT THEY MINED AND SHIPPED 43 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 34.27 PERCENT CR2O3 IN 1918. MOST OF THIS ORE PROBABLY CAME FROM THIS DEPOSIT, THOUGH SOME MAY HAVE COME FROM THE DAVEY PROPERTY IN THIS SAME SECTION, WHICH WAS ALSO LEASED BY THE JENKINS.
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES 10 ACRES OF LAND LEASED FROM T. R. GEACH. THERE WAS AN OUTCROP OF CHROMITE ABOUT 50 FT. ALONG THE STRIKE FROM THE SHAFT BUT IT IS NOT KNOWN IF ANY WORK WAS DONE AT THIS PLACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37,NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 451
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 245, PL. 13
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