The Hinch Mine is a mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,640 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: 1,640 Feet (500 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.0506, -120.64530
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Hinch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hinch Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Harmon Peak
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
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John R. Leimbach
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: F. W. Dean And Fred Wilson-Last Operator During W. W. I
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: 1905
Discovery Year: 1905
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: Olivine
Unknown: Penninite
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): UNDERGROUND WORKINGS,ORE BODY SIZE AND SHAPE & ORE GRADE NOT BED IN LITERATURE- ASSUMED SIMILAR TO CLARY & LANGFORD MINE. VISTED BY CDMG 17 SEPT 1975. PRODUCTION IS ABOUT 315 LON THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF CHROMITE IS 45.6 PERCENT AND I 10 PERCENT. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CAL.DIV. MINES & GEOL BULL 134,PT3,CHAP 2, P. 47-48,1948
Reference (Deposit): CAL. STATE MINING BUR BULL 76, P 121-122,1918
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