The Ellingwood Mine is a chromium mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Ellingwood Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ellingwood Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Valley Springs Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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): 500 LONG TONS OF 38% CHROMIC OXIDE; RESERVES UNKNOWN. 2 OPEN PITS, 2 TUNNELS AND A WINZE. PROPERTY FIRST WORKED IN 1910. DURING 1941 MINE WAS REOPENED AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CHROMITE OCCURS AS A VERTICAL LENS STRIKING N. 35 DEG. W.; ORE IS MASSIVE, MEDIUM-GRAINED CHROMITE. DEPOSIT IS WITHIN 150' OF THE CONTACT OF THE SERPENTINE WITH METAMORPHOSED OLD SEDIMENTS AND SCHISTS. THIS MAY BE THE PINE TREE CHROME MINE MENTIONED IN B. 430
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 134, PT.III, CH.2, P.48-49 AND PL.5
Reference (Deposit): CA. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 21-22, 129, AND PL. D
Reference (Deposit): USGS B. 430, P. 176
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