The Earl Smith Mine is a mine located in Tulare county, California at an elevation of 1,099 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: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 36.2497, -119.05060
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Earl Smith Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Earl Smith Mine
Secondary: Earl Smith
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Smith-Leased From The Gill'S Operated 1916-1918
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Fred And Will Gill
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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
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
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 250 LONG TONS. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE DEPOSIT WAS MINED OUT IN 1918. ALSO LOCATED IN THE S/2 SEC. 20.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1948, PART III, CHAPT. 3,
Reference (Deposit): P. 97.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54, 1958, P. 417.
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