The Jack Sprat Number One is a mine located in Fresno county, California at an elevation of 2,559 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: 2,559 Feet (780 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 36.8964, -119.34640
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Jack Sprat Number One MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jack Sprat Number One
Secondary: Jack Sprat
Secondary: Carson Mine
Secondary: Sweet Mine
Secondary: Jack Spratt
Secondary: Carson & Sweet
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Fresno
District: Trimmer-Pine Ft
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: Other
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Virginia Akers
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Frank Carson And Ad Sweet-Last Operators-1918
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: 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: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): G A RYNEARSON 1948 STATES THAT ORE WAS ABOUT 30 PERCENT CR20 ASSUME CR/FE=3 AROUND 900 LONG TONS WERE SHIPPED. MINE VISTED BY CDMG ON 14 AUGUST 1975. RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM RECORD 700 ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 03.69,CR2O3 40.92,FEO 08.56,TOTAL FE 16.72,AL203 21.7 5.75,CR/FE 2.15.
References
Reference (Deposit): CAL JOURN MINES & GEOLOGY V.47 NO 3 P 544; PL 31 JULY 1951
Reference (Deposit): CAL DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CHAP 3 P 87-8; PL 6
Reference (Deposit): COOP WAR MINERAL INVEST.PROJ,FRESNO,CO. NO.14,TALIAFERRO 191
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