Alice June Claim, Marsh Flats Chrome Assoc. Properties

The Alice June Claim, Marsh Flats Chrome Assoc. Properties is a chromium mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Alice June Claim, Marsh Flats Chrome Assoc. Properties
Secondary: Claim: Alice June Extension
Secondary: Mum
Secondary: Mum Extension.

Commodity

Primary: Chromium

Location

State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Marsh'S Flat Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Hemmings, A. E.
Years: 1958 -

Owner Name: Morrisey, William C.
Years: 1948 -

Owner Name: U.S. Government
Years: 1948 -

Production

Year: 1955
Time Period: 1954-1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 34.87% Cr2o3
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1917-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^35% Cr2o3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
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

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREG

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Complete Serpentinization Of Host Rock.

Rocks

Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CR TO FE RATIO 2.3 TO 1.
Analytical Data: AVG. CONCENTRATE GRADE 44.65% CR203

Materials

Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Uvarovite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MINOR FAULTING DISRUPTS MOST OF THE LARGER ORE BODIES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 3 PITS, EXTENSIVE BULLDOZER SCRAPING AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW TRENCHES (1943).

Comment (Geology): THE CLAIMS ARE LOCATED IN THE EASTERNMOST AND LARGEST OF TWO SERPENTINE BELTS THAT TREND NW ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE BELT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA 30K BY 6K AND CONTAINS MOST OF THE COUNTY'S CR DEPOSITS.

Comment (Production): MOST IF NOT ALL 1950'S PRODUCTION FROM PREVIOUSLY MINED ORE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): CATER, 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 17.; 2) STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

Comment (Location): WORKINGS LOCATED ON NE SLOPE OF A LOW GENTLE RIDGE, NEAR THE BOTTOM OF A SMALL GULCH.

Comment (Commodity): ABOVE ANALYSIS OF 1950'S PRODUCTION

References

Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W. JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 16, 17.

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

Reference (Production): STINSON, 197J, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT UNPUBLISHED

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