The Flintlock is a chromium mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 3,442 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: 3,442 Feet (1,049 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.37167, -120.80611
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Flintlock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flintlock
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Washington Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Henry Adams
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
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
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON N SIDE OF POORMAN CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM. ONE LENS, THE LARGEST, WAS 6 FT. WIDE, 10 FT. LONG, MINED TO DEPTH OF 4 FT.; THE SMALLEST WAS 18 INCHES WIDE, 3 FT. LONG AND HAD BEEN MINED TO A DEPTH OF 2 FEET. SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE.
Comment (Production): ABOUT 10 TONS OF ORE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN NOT MORE THAN 35 PERCENT CR2O3 MINED BUT NOT SHIPPED.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 17
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, PP. 236, 303, PL. 13
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