The Buckhorn Claim, Marsh Flats Chrome Assoc. Proporties is a chromium mine located in Tuolumne county, California.
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Buckhorn Claim, Marsh Flats Chrome Assoc. Proporties MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckhorn Claim, Marsh Flats Chrome Assoc. Proporties
Secondary: Wildboar Claim 1917
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Marsh'S Flat Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
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: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE WESTERN MOST OF TWO SERPENTINE BELTS THAT TREND NW-SE ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE BELT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA 30 KM BY 6 KM.
Comment (Location): CLAIM LOCATED HEAR THE HEAD OF RESERVOIR GULCH.
Comment (Development): APPROX. 30-40 TONS OF ORE MINED IN 1917-18 AND REMAINS STOCKPILED ON THE CLAIM (1948).
Comment (Deposit): EXTENSIVE SHEARING IN AND AROUND THE ORE BODIES
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 6-7 SMALL PITS AND OPEN CUTS. MOST OF ORE TAKEN FROM 3 OPEN CUTS 100 FT WEST OF THE BOTTOM OF GULCH.
References
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W. JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 17
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