The Earl Smith Mine is a chromium mine located in Tulare county, California at an elevation of 899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 36.2575, -119.05417
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Earl Smith Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Earl Smith Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
District: Yokohl 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: Gill, Fred And Will
Years: 1918 -
Owner Name: Smith, Earl
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1916-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30-40% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1918
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
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED 30-40% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED ON A NE RUNNING HOGBACK NEAR LIN DSAY PEAK.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF 3 LENSES, APPROX. 100 FT APART WITH ABOVE STRIKE AND DIP.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN A NW TRENDING, IRREGULARLY EXPOSED BELT OF HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE WHICH IS 5-6 KM WIDE AND APPROX. 40 KM LONG. THE BELT IS BORDERED BY PRE-CRET. METAVOLC: AND META SED. ROCKS, PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIUM AND MESO. GRANODIORITE INTRUSIVES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS, A 50 FT LONG TUNNEL AND A 30 FT DEEP SHAFT.
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 3, P. 97.
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G. A., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 3, P. 97, 103
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