The Wedge Mine is a chromium mine located in Fresno county, California.
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Mine Info
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Wedge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wedge Mine
Secondary: No. 2 of 5 Claims In Saddle Blanket Group
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Fresno
District: Watts Valley Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO WORKINGS ON WEDGE PROPERTY: 1) DISCOVERY CONSISTS OF AN OPEN CUT AND AN ADIT, EACH 25 FT LONG; 2) NEW FIND CONSISTS OF AN OPEN CUT 20 FT LONG, 20 FT WIDE, 15 FT DEEP, AND A SHAFT 8 FT DEEP AT INNER END OF CUT, WHERE THE ORE BODY IS 14 IN THICK.
Comment (Geology): THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF WATTS VALLEY OCCUR ON THE EASTERN LIMB OF A SYNCLINAL, NE PLUNGING ULTRAMAFIC SILL. THE EASTERN LIMB, KNOWN AS HOG MTN, IS A LITTLE OVER A MILE WIDE, WHILE THE WESTERN LIMB, WHICH FORMS RED MTN, AVERAGES 3 MILES WIDE. THE TWO LIMBS JOIN TO THE NW AND TOGETHER FORM A DISCONTINUOUS TRIANGULAR EXPOSURE OF PERIDOTITE 10 MILES LONG AND 8 MILES WIDE ACROSS THE BASE.
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, P. 89.
Reference (Deposit): CDMG BULL 134, P. 8
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