The O'Connell Mine is a mine located in Santa Clara county, California at an elevation of 659 feet.
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O'Connell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: O'Connell Mine
Secondary: O'Connell Number 1
Secondary: Greenwalt
Secondary: Greenwalls Property
Secondary: O'Connell Ranch Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Santa Clara
District: Coyote District
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: Private Lease
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Palo Alto Mining Co.-Last Operators 1955
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Lake Anderson Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Years: 1976 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
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: Magnesite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Ulexite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CALCULATED AVERAGE GRADE OF CONCENTRATE SHIPPED FROM 1953 TO WAS 44.67 PERCENT CR2O3,12.89 PERCENT FE,2.37 TO 1 CR/FE RAT M USBM PRODUCTION RECORD RESERVES ESTIMATED TO BE 280 LONGTONS OF 20 PERCENT CR2O3. FUTURE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LIKELY INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR CO YSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E,NORTH PIT=S102 5.40,CR2O3 47.50,FEO 13.70,TOTAL FE 16.08,A .34,MGO 11.61,CR/FE 2.60.DISSEMINATED ORE,MIDDLE PIT=S102 8. 3 49.33,FEO 9.92,TOTAL FE 14.47,AL203 10.39,MGO 11.61,CR/FE SSEMINATED ORE SOUTH PIT=S102 6.70,CR2O3 45.67,FEO 11.36,TOT 6.00,AL203 9.45,MGO 12.02,CR/FE 2.50.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL VOL.50,NO.2, APR.1954, PP.339,402.
Reference (Deposit): 1954
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