The Clary and Langford Mine Porter and Spring Nassau is a chromium mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,739 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,739 Feet (530 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 38.04194, -120.64583
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Clary and Langford Mine Porter and Spring Nassau MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clary and Langford Mine Porter and Spring Nassau
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Black Creek 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: C. J. Tiscornia Ranches, Inc.
Home Office: San Andreas, Ca. 95429
Owner Name: J. E. Porter, J. H. Spring
Years: 1918 -
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
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED 45 - 46 % CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL 348 LONG TONS; RESERVES PROBABLY NEGLIGIBLE. OPERATED PRIOR TO WWI UNTIL 1918. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FLOODED OPEN CUT AND 2 FLOODED SHAFTS. SOME OF ORE MINED USED BY A LOCAL COPPER SMELTER AS FURNACE LININGS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE IN HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE; NO ORE CAN BE SEEN IN PLACE BUT A FEW FRAGMENTS OF MEDIUM-TO COARSE-GRAINED MASSIVE CHROMITE CONTAINING MINOR QUANTITIES OF KAMMERERITE ARE SCATTERED ABOUT THE DUMPS. A SHAFT AND A FEW SMALL CUTS WERE REPORTED IN A SMALL DETACHED MASS OF SERPENTINE 1/2 MI. TO THE WEST (NE1/4 SEC. 9)
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 47 AND PL. 5; B. 76, P. 121
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 128 AND PL. D
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPT., UNPB.
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