The Waite Property is a mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.2578, -121.04440
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Waite Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Waite Property
Secondary: White Estate Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Nevada City
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: Nevada County Chrome Co. (Last Operator)
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Erwin V And Emma Cook,And Robert L And Irene Young
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
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: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE RAN 10-15% CR2O3.CONCENTRATES AVERAGED 36% CR2O3,HIGH IN PRODUCTION-- 3000 TONS ORE WHICH WAS MILLED TO 400-500 TONS RATES, MINE IDLE SINCE 1918 VISIT BY CDMG 5 JAN 1976 THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF CHROMITE IS 12 PERCENT AND IRO PERCENT. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 05.40,CR2O3 38.67,FEO 09.62,TOTAL FE 17.69,AL203 18.90,MGO CR/FE 1.91.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 10.14,CR2O3 32.89,FEO 13.65 FE 19.30,AL203 15.12,MGO 14.09,CR/FE 1.50.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON GA.1953.CAL DIV MINES BULL 134 PT3,CH5 NEVADA CO P
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN CA 1918 UNPUBL FIELD REPORT NEVADA CO NO.209.WHITE EST
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