Mccormick Mine

The Mccormick Mine is a mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,076 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

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Site Name

Primary: Mccormick Mine
Secondary: Terry and Sell Lease

Commodity

Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Chinese Camp 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: Other
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Martin, Joseph W.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Years: 1975 -

Owner Name: W. R. Williamson-Last Operator
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: Hemming, A. E. And A. M. - Last Operators
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Years: 1957 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1870
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: Serpentine
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Magnesite
Unknown: Manganite
Unknown: Penninite
Unknown: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): NO MORE THAN 615 LONG TONS OF OREAVERAGING 46.7 PERCENT CR20 FT UNMINED.CITED FROM RECORD 702. MINE LAST WORKED IN 1957,144 LONGTONS OF MILLING GRADE ORE W UCED,53 LONG TONS SHIPPED. INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 04.39,CR2O3 45.67,FEO 09.55,TOTAL FE 16.08,AL203 14.17,MGO CR/FE 2.50.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 03.49,CR2O3 48.23,FEO 13.12 FE 16.08,AL203 14.17,MGO 15.75,CR/FE 2.64

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM WAR MINERALS INVEST NO.357, 1945,SHATTUCK,PP6-7.

Reference (Deposit): COOPERATIVE WAR MINERAL INVEST INCAL.,UNPUBLISHED REPORT,191

Reference (Deposit): CAL.STATE MINING BUREAU,BULL NO. 76,PP.215.

Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M REPORT OF INVEST 4578 INVES OF THE MCCORMICK CHROME

Reference (Deposit): 49. CDM AND G BULL 134 PT 3,SLERRA NEVADA PP 21-23,1948,CAT

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