The Red Ledge Mine is a mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 3,540 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,540 Feet (1,079 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.3444, -120.80000
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Red Ledge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Ledge Mine
Secondary: Laims
Secondary: Red Ledge & Red Ledge Extension C
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Washington
Land Status
Land ownership: National 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: Other
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Last Operator 1919,Tb,Rf And Jm Williamson And Cm Cole
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service - Tahoe National Forest
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: 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: Chlorite
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 1265 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 42% CR2O3 WAS SHIPPED. CHROM S 48% CR2O3. MINE VISIT 26 SEPT 1975 BY CDMG NO ORE SEEN IN O RESERVE ESTIMATE POSSIBLE. THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF C IS 42 PERCENT AND IRON IS 10 PERCENT. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 05.40, CR2O3 48.42, FEO 10.38, TOTAL FE 16.08, AL203 17.36, MGO CR/FE 2.65.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,GA 1953 CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3,CH 5,NEV CO.PP
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY,WW ET AL,1918 CAL ST MINING BUREAU BULL 76 P 158
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN,CA 1918 UNPUBL FIELD REPT NEVADA CO NO.203 RED LEDGE
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