The Evans Ranch Prospect is a chromium mine located in Monterey county, California at an elevation of 2,100 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: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 35.81611, -121.29194
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Evans Ranch Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Evans Ranch Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Monterey
District: Los Burros
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Evans, W. J. And J. C.
Home Office: San Simeon, Ca.
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Physiographic Detail: Santa Lucia Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization Of Ultra Basic Rocks
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): THERE ARE TWO DEPOSITS LOCATED IN DEVILS CANYON, WHICH RUNS INTO SAN CARPOJARA CREEK, ON EVANS RANCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)
Comment (Deposit): SERPENTINE UNDER THE CHROMITE FLOAT CONTAINS GRAINS OF DISSEMINATED CHROMITE, SO THE FLOAT IS PROBABLY THE RESIDUAL REMNANT OF A SMALL ORE BODY.
Comment (Workings): CHROMITE FLOAT EXPOSED WITHIN AN AREA TEN FT. IN DIAMETER IN NW 1/4 SEC. 26, T. 24S., R. 6E.
References
Reference (Deposit): HART, E.W., 1966, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF., COUNTY REPORT NUMBER 5., CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 31, 120.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1918, MANGANESE AND CHROMIUM IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 76, P 170, 221.
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST RANGES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 2. CHAPT. 2, P 54, 80.
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