The Eggling and Williams Mines is a chromium mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,129 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: 1,129 Feet (344 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 37.875, -120.44917
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Eggling and Williams Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eggling and Williams Mines
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Chinese Camp Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Eichelberger, William V.
Home Office: P.O. Box 88, Jamestown, Ca. 95327.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 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: POD
Form: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 39% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE MINES ARE SCIHERED ALONG A LOWHILL AND THE BANKS OF A SMALL, INTERMITTENT STREAM.
Comment (Development): DEPOSIT PROBABLY MINED OUT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 12 M SHAFT WITH A 5 M DRIFT AT ITS FOOT, 2 SHAFTS WITH DEPTHS OF APPROX. 19M, A DRIFT OF UNKNOWN LENGTH AND AT LEAST 4 OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Geology): THE MINES ARE LOCATED IN THE WESTERN MOST OF TWO SERPONTINE BELTS THAT TREND NW ACROSS THE COUNTY AND INTRUDE PRE-CRETACEOUS METAVOLC. ROCKS OF THE AMADOS GROUP.
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY, REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W. JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 18, 19
Reference (Production): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPORTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
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