Bowie Estate

The Bowie Estate is a mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,181 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bowie Estate
Secondary: J.W. Bowie Claims

Commodity

Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: California
County: Calaveras
District: French Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
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: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
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
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Uvarovite
Unknown: Magnesite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CATER (1948)STATES THAT ORE RAN 34-42 PERCENT CR2O3.ASSUME 3. THE BOWIE ESTATE CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS SMALL DEPOSITS. TH IT DESCRIBED & LOCATED HERE IS FROM PARAGRAPH 4 OF CATERS TION OF THE BOWIE ESTATE. CATER MENTIONS THAT THERE MAYBE M LL,UNDISCOVERED DEPOSITS ON THE PROPERTY. THE AVERAGE MINABLE GRADE OF CHROMITE IS 38 PERCENT & IRON 9 T. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIXCALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 13.30,CR2O3 35.81,FEO 12.22,TOTAL FE 14.79,AL203 10.39,MGO CR/FE 2.13.

References

Reference (Deposit): CAL. DIV. MINES GEOL. BULL 134 PT3 CHAP 2 P.44-45 PL 5

Reference (Deposit): CAL. DIV MINE GEOL. BULL 145 PL.2

Reference (Deposit): CAL. COUNTY REPT NO.2 P21,28 & PL.D 1962

Reference (Deposit): COOP WAR MINERALS INVEST PROJ CALAVERAS CO NO.2, TALIAFERO,

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