The Ferraro Prospect is a chromium mine located in Santa Clara county, California.
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Mine Info
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Ferraro Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ferraro Prospect
Secondary: Winship Properties
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Santa Clara
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Winship, K. D.
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Physiographic Detail: Diablo Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED LESS THAN 35 % CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): BETWEEN 245 TO 290 LONG TONS PRODUCED FROM THE WINSHIP PROPERTIES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN AN ULTRAMAFIC MASS 8 MILES LONG AND 1 3/4 MILES WIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): WALKER G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B. 1953 GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART II, CHAPT. 2, P. 71,72,87
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