The Gill Ranch Mine is a mine located in Tulare county, California at an elevation of 699 feet.
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Mine Info
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Gill Ranch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gill Ranch Mine
Secondary: Gill Ranch Chromite Deposits
Secondary: Gill Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
District: Rocky Hill
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
Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Other
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sweet, A. D., Carson, F. Et Al.(Last Operators)
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Years: 1918 -
Owner Name: Boston Ranch Co.
Percent: 100.0
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: 1917
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Magnesite
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION (ALL WW1)WAS 400 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 40% NO ORE SEEN IN PLACE,NO RESERVE ESTIMATES IN THE LITERATURE INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATION. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 04.19,CR2O3 45.31, FEO 13.82, TOTAL FE 15.44, AL203 14.17, MGO CR/FE 2.58.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1948, PART III, CHAPT. 3,
Reference (Deposit): P. 96.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54, 1958, P. 336.
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