The Burns and Turzich Mine is a chromium mine located in Tuolumne county, California.
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Burns and Turzich Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burns and Turzich Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Chinese Camp Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John Mariano
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: IRREG
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINS 38.2% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE WESTERN MOST OF 2 SERPENTINE BELTS THAT TREND NW-SE ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE BELT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA 30 KM BY 6 KM.
Comment (Location): WORKINGS APPROX. 150 FT WEST OF THE CHINESE STATION ROAD.
Comment (Development): APPROX. 10 TONS ORE STOCKPILED ON DUMPS (1918).
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT THAT IS OPEN TO A DEPTH OF 35 FT (1948).
References
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W. JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 19
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