The Bartholomew-Simms Lease is a chromium mine located in Nevada county, California.
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Mine Info
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Bartholomew-Simms Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bartholomew-Simms Lease
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Lowell Hill Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Swedish-American Bank
Years: 1918 -
Owner Name: E. I. Bartholomew And Williams Simms
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): ABOUT 15 LONG TONS OF DEVELOPMENT ORE HAD BEEN MINED BY SEPT. 1918, BUT NONE HAD BEEN SHIPPED. IT WAS ESTIMATED THE DEPOSIT SHOULD YIELD 100 TO 200 LONG TONS OF ORE BUT NO SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AND IT IS POSSIBLE THE ORE MAY STILL REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS, ONE 18 AND THE OTHER 20 FT. LONG.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT APPEARED TO BE A SINGLE ORE BODY DIPPING ABOUT 60 DEG. E. ORE ABOUT 2 FT. WIDE WAS EXPOSED IN THE BACKS AND FLOORS OF BOTH ADITS FOR THEIR ENTIRE LENGTH. PROPERTY LEASED FROM SWEDISH-AMERICAN BANK.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 240, PL. 13
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