Ward and Lyons Mine

The Ward and Lyons Mine is a chromium mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 781 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

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Site Name

Primary: Ward and Lyons Mine
Secondary: White Hawk Mining Claim
Secondary: Red Hawk Mine

Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Iridium

Location

State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Pardee 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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: East Bay Municipal Utility District
Home Office: Oakland, Ca..
Years: 1990 -

Owner Name: Kerley, A. C. And Vanwinkle, Walton
Years: 1918 -

Production

Year: 1945
Time Period: Wwi
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30-32% Cr2o3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)

Orebody

Form: MASSIVE, DISSEMINATED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RH=3 PPB.
Analytical Data: RU=240 PPB
Analytical Data: IR=330 PPB
Analytical Data: PD=1 PPB
Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=10 PPB

Materials

Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Uvarovite

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 250 FT ABOVE PARDEE RESERVOIR. MINE SHOWN AS RED HAWK MINE ON TOPO MAP

Comment (Deposit): LARGE, SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR LENS 14 FT THICK AND 40-50 FT LONG

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT IS 30 FT DEEP

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME ORE REMAINS

Comment (Geology): CHLORITE DIKES CUT ORE

References

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUB.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., AND LYDON, P.A., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 2, P. 130, PL. D.

Reference (Deposit): TURNER, H.W., 1894, JACKSON FOLIO, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOLIO 11, SCALE 1:125,000.

Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W., 1948, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 3, CH. 2, P. 51-52, PL. 5

Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

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