The Horseshoe Claim, Grassely Group is a chromium mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,070 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: 1,070 Feet (326 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 37.90444, -120.50417
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Horseshoe Claim, Grassely Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horseshoe Claim, Grassely Group
Secondary: Pedro Lease 1918
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Peoria Flat Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Grassley, Eugene
Owner Name: George Everhart
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1944
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: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization Of Saxonite
Rocks
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Comment (Location): MINE IS LOCATED ON THE NW SIDE OF A SMALL HILL.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN PIT AND A 40 FT DEEP SHAFT
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE NORTHERN 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 (Deposit): ORE ZONE HAS ABOVE DIMENSIONS AND AVERAGES APPROX. 35% CR2O3
References
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W. JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 26,27
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 27
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