The Holston Mine is a chromium mine located in Tulare county, California at an elevation of 1,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 36.02389, -118.95278
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Holston Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Holston Mine
Secondary: Vaughn Ranch Mine
Secondary: Vaughn Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mc Ghee, Nell Marie
Home Office: 2927 E. Gettysburg, Fresno, Ca
Years: 1975 -
Owner Name: Holston, Howard V.
Home Office: 2927 E. Gettysburg, Fresno, Ca
Years: 1975 -
Owner Name: California Magnesite Co.
Home Office: Porterville
Years: 1918 -
Production
Year: 1919
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^45-50% Cr2o3
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1916-1919
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^45-50% Cr2o3
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^45-50% Cr2o3
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^45-50% Cr2o3
Year: 1916
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^45-50% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Form: LENSES OF MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED ORE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Intense Shearing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ultramafic Rocks Highly Serpentinized
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RH=11 PPB.
Analytical Data: RU=110 PPB
Analytical Data: IR=120 PPB
Analytical Data: PD=<1 PPB
Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=76 PPB
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Olivine
Comments
Comment (Development): IDLE SINCE 1918
Comment (Geology): PERIDOTITE LIES BETWEEN GABBRO AND DIORITE MASSES AND IS NEAR METAVOLCANIC AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. A FAULT STRIKING N70E AND DIPPING 50NW OFFSETS ONE GROUP OF ORE BODIES. THE DEPOSIT IS NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE OPHIOLITE, WHICH IS ABOUT 6 KM WIDE AND EXTENDS FOR 40 KM TO THE NORTHWEST
Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SIDE OF RIDGE NORTH OF DRY (DEER?) CREEK
Comment (Production): A LITTLE ORE MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN 1915
Comment (Deposit): ORE LENSES OCCUR IN THREE GROUPS OF ORE BODIES IN SHEARED ROCK. ORE IS MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS COMPRISED OF TWO LARGE OPEN CUTS (100 X 10 X 5 FT AND 60 X 30 X 15 FT), GLORY HOLE (45 X 10 X 20 FT), SEVERAL SMALLER CUTS, AN ADIT, AND SOME CAVED TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G.A., 1948, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 3, CH. 3, P. 98
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.
Reference (Production): RYNEARSON, 1948
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUB.
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TULARE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 54, NO. 3, P. 336.
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