The Number 5 Group is a mine located in Stanislaus county, California at an elevation of 1,401 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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.4111, -121.40670
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Number 5 Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Number 5 Group
Secondary: Mineral Products Company Property
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Stanislaus
District: Del Puerto Area
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
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Higuera, Larry
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: 1916
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: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE RAN 53 PERCENT CHROMITE AND 30.70 PERCENT CR2O3. CONCENT AN 57.62 PERCENT CR2O3,16.36 PER CENT FE,WITH CR/FE RATIO 2. Y DATA FROM RECORD 702. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 09.03,CR2O3 42.02,FEO 13.83,TOTAL FE 16.08,AL203 09.1 4.69,CR/FE 2.30.
References
Reference (Deposit): CAL STATE MIN.BUR BULL.76 P.205, 1918
Reference (Deposit): CJMG VOL.43 NO.2 P.91 1947
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 936-D P.97-98 PLATE 111942
Reference (Deposit): COM BULL 134 PART 2 NO 2 P.76 1953
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