The Shelley Mine is a chromium mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,860 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,860 Feet (567 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 38.83389, -120.87917
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Shelley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shelley Mine
Secondary: Wolf Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
District: Garden 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: Cole, D. And C.
Home Office: Cupertino, Ca
Production
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Average 30% Cr2o3
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Average 30% Cr2o3
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Shear Zone Cuts Across Ultramafic Body, Striking N-S And Dipping 70 W.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATE APPROX 5-6 TONS OF ORE REMAINING ON VARIOUS DUMPS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A LARGE 30 FT DEEP PIT, A 15 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Geology): MINE LOCATED ON EASTERN EDGE OF IRREGULARLY SHAPED ULTRAMAFIC MASS WITH TWO N-S-TRENDING ARMS, EACH 1/4 - 1/2 MI THICK THAT JOIN TOWARDS THE SOUTH, GIVING THE MASS A SYNCLINAL APPEARANCE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 4, P. 158
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, P. 158
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CDMG BULL 134, P. 138
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1976, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
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