The American Asbestos & Manufacturing Co. Mine is a chromium mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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American Asbestos & Manufacturing Co. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Asbestos & Manufacturing Co. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: French Creek 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: Surface-Underground
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
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ORE WAS MINED FR.2 SHAFTS ABT 15'APART AND 25' DEEP. PL. 2 OF B. 145 SHOWS CHROMITE IN SW1/4 SE1/4 SEC. 9
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED. Lat/long determined using PLS and GIS.
Comment (Production): 52 TONS OF ORE; 1 TON REMAINS ON DUMP; RESERVES PROBABLY SMALL
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: A NUMBER OF SMALL, IRREGULAR, NORTHWESTERLY TRENDING PODS OF CHROMITE ORE OF HIGHLY VARIED GRADE AND TEXTURE. THE MATRIX OF DISSEMINATED ORE AND THE ENCLOSING WALL ROCK IS SHEARED, GRAY, SERPENTINIZED DUNITE, AND THE PREDOMINANT COUNTRY ROCK IS SERPENTINIZED SAXONITE
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 41 AND PL. 5
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 145, PL. 2
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