The North End Claim is a mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,050 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,050 Feet (320 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.9086, -120.50190
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North End Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North End Claim
Secondary: Last Chance Claim
Secondary: C and M Quigg Lease
Secondary: Ziehlke Claims
Secondary: Last Chance Claims
Secondary: Murphy Lease
Secondary: Morning Glory Claim
Secondary: Pereira Property
Secondary: West End Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Jamestown 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: Fee Ownership
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Last Operator-V Johnson And J F Stewart (Ww2)
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Martha L Price And Melvin M Laughlin
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: 1917
Discovery Year: 1890
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 (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM CATER,1948. TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS 449 METRIC TONS.(TOTAL FOR ZIEHLKE CLAI AVERAGED 45 PERCENT CR2O3(OR ABOUT 20 PERCENT CR2O3) INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 02.65,CR2O3 42.02,FEO 18.16 TOTAL FE 19.30,AL203 09.9 6.25,CR/FE 1.42.
References
Reference (Deposit): CATER,FW 1948,CR-TUOLUMNE.CAL DIVMINES BULL 134,PT 3,CHAP 1,
Reference (Deposit): PL 1.
Reference (Deposit): TALIAFERRO,N L,1918,COOP WAR MINERAL INVEST,TUOLUMNE CO. NOS
Reference (Deposit): 21,UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Deposit): AS OF 1961
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