The Hotaling is a iron mine located in Placer county, California.
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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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Hotaling MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hotaling
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John Barnicott
Years: 1920 - 1926
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A BLAST FURNACE PRODUCING 30-35 T. PIG IRON DAILY OPERATED ON PROPERTY 1880-85 USING CHARCOAL MADE LOCALLY AND LIMESTONE MINED NEARBY. RED AND YELLOW OCHRE SHIPPED FROM VICINITY IN LATE 1920'S FOR MINERAL PAINT.
Comment (Production): PROD. OVER 15,000 T PIG IRON (1883). LOCATED 1857 BUT NO ORE SHIPPED UNTIL 1869 - BLAST FURNACE OPERATED 1880-1885 - NO PRODUCTION OF LOWER GRADE ORES FOR IRON SINCE TURN OF CENTURY.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT IS IN THE FORM OF LENSES AT THE CONTACT OF GRANODIORITE AND A METAMORPHIC SERIES OF PROBABLY PALEOZOIC AGE. ORE MINERALS WERE MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE CONTAINING FROM 40 TO 65 PERCENT IRON
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 430, P. 220, 225-227; ADD. REF.: MINERAL ABSTRACTS (DOM)- IRON, P. 21-22; DOM 15TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 390; 23D REPORT OF ST. MIN., P. 281, 283
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 141, P. 73
Reference (Deposit): SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, 1920, P. 452
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