The Holseman Mine is a mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,549 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: 2,549 Feet (777 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.2356, -121.06500
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Holseman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Holseman Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Grass Valley 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
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Last Operators-Tf Hogan,Gj Hothersall Et Al
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Edna M Wasley
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: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Production): AT LEAST 1040 LONG TONS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED BY 1918. ORE AV 30-33 PER CENT CR2O3,MINE IDLE SINCE 1918 FUTURE OF MINING A LOCALITY NOT GOOD DUE TO PROXIMITY OF NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMEN E VISIT BY CDMG 5 JAN.1976 ORE RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM 701 INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 10.20,CR2O3 34.71,FEO 14.94,TOTAL FE 22.51,AL203 11.3 2.44,CR/FE 1.36.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,CAL ST RIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3,CH 5, PP 243-244 1
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN,CA 1918 UNPUBL FIELD REPORT,NEVADA CO.198
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