The Turtledove Chrome Mine is a chromium mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,720 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: 2,720 Feet (829 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.36556, -120.80389
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Turtledove Chrome Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Turtledove Chrome Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Washington Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Walter Niles, Fred Miller, H. O. Kohler.
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): THE OPEN CUT WAS MINED IN 1917; DEPOSIT YIELDED 24 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 52 PERCENT CR2O3. NILES MADE ONE REPORT THAT 9 LONG TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED AND STOCKED IN 1918 AND ANOTHER THAT 5 TONS HAD BEEN SHIPPED THAT YEAR. TOTAL PRODUCTION AMTS. TO ABOUT 30 OR 35 LONG TONS OF ORE, MOST OF WHICH CAME FROM THE ORE BODY MINED FROM THE OPEN CUT.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT FROM 2 TO 4 FT. WIDE, 25 FT. LONG, 4 FT. DEEP; PIT 4 FT. WIDE, 6 FT. LONG, 5 FT. DEEP (PROSPECT)
Comment (Deposit): SHOWS LIMITED PROMISE.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON EAST SIDE OF POORMAN CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 16
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 237 AND PL. 13
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 466
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