Moscatelli No. 1 Claim

The Moscatelli No. 1 Claim is a chromium mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Moscatelli No. 1 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Chromium

Location

State: California
County: Nevada
District: Washington Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Moscatelli, Robert

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Location): CLAIM LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A SPUR RIDGE WESTOF POORMAN CREEK.

Comment (Production): LEASED AND WORKED DURING 1917-18 BY UNION CHROME CO. REPORTS DO NOT AGREE, BUT APPROX. 85 LONG TONS OF ORE WERE MINED AND SHIPPED IN 1917 AND 54 LONG TONS MINED IN 1918 BUT ONLY 29 TONS WERE SHIPPED; IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THE 25 TONS STOCKED WERE SHIPPED AT A LATER DATE.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS.

Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM. ALTHOUGH SAMPLES OF THE ORE FROM THE OUTCROP ASSAYED 54 PERCENT CR2O3, THE ORE WAS DILUTED WITH WASTE IN MINING AND THAT SHIPPED CONTAINED ONLY ABOUT 42 PERCENT CR2O3.

References

Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 237, PL. 13

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 458

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 16

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