The Ward and Lyons Mine is a mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 781 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
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Ward and Lyons Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ward and Lyons Mine
Secondary: Red Hawk
Secondary: White Hawk
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Pardee Area
Land Status
Land ownership: County
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: Other
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: East Bay Municipal Utilities District,
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oakland,Cal
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Kerley, A. C. And Van Winkle, Walton
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Chromite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Penninite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CATER STATES THAT ORE AVERAGED 30- 32 PERCENT CR2O3. ASSUMED CR/FE=3. CATER SAVS PRODUCTION HAS BEEN 1300 LONG MINE VISTED BY CDMG ON SEPT 18,1975. RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM RECORD 701 INADEQUATE RESOURCE FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 15.73,CR2O3 30.15,FEO 11.19,TOTAL FE 14.47,AL203 12.99,MGO CR/FE 1.84.
References
Reference (Deposit): CAL DIV MINES GEOL BULL 134,PT3, CHAP 2 P51-52 & PL.5
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S FOLIO 2 JACKSON
Reference (Deposit): CAL COUNTY REPT NO.2 P.130 & PLP 1962
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 430 P.176
Reference (Deposit): COOP WAR MINERAL INVEST. PROJ CALAVERAS CO NO.16, TALIAFERRO
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