The Half Chrome Mine is a mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 1,499 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: 1,499 Feet (457 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.0911, -121.09970
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Half Chrome Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Half Chrome Mine
Secondary: Wolf
Secondary: Wolf Mine
Secondary: Limekiln
Secondary: Half Chrome
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Wolf Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: State Forest
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Guy Walsh And Mr. Hall-Operated The Property In 1917-1918
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: E. H. Thompson Reported Owner During W. W. I
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
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
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): E.H.THOMPSON AND H.C.SCHROEDER SHIPPED 49 LONG TONS OF ORE 1916. THE ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 35 PERCENT CR2O3. WALSH AND HARTED A PRODUCTION OF 147 LONG TONS IN 1917. NO WORK HAS BEEN SINCE 1917. INSUFFICIENT DATA FORMATRIX CALCULATIONS
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,G.A,1953,CDM AND G BULL134,PT.3,CHAP 5,P.248
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