The Gilliam Mine is a mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 899 feet.
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Mine Info
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Gilliam Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gilliam Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Pardee Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerley, A. C. And Van Winkle, Walton
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Jefferson Gillam
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
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: Opal
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SINCE 1918,THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE THE ORE OCCURS IN SMALL IRREGULARBODIES AND APPEARS TO BE OF NG GRADE,CARRYING 31 TO 35 PERCENT CR2O3. ABOUT 72 LONG TONS OF ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): CATER,F.W.,1948,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.3,CHAP.2,P.50
Reference (Deposit): CLARK,W.B.,AND LYDON,P.A.,1962,COUNTY REPT.NO.2,CDM AND G,P.
Reference (Deposit): PL.D.
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