Waite Property

The Waite Property is a chromium mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,385 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Waite Property
Secondary: White Occurrence

Commodity

Primary: Chromium

Location

State: California
County: Nevada
District: Nevada City - Grass Valley Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Erwin And Emma Cook, Robert And Irene Young
Home Office: 1547 Leimert Blvd., Oakland, Ca. (1976)

Owner Name: Nevada Chrome Co.
Years: 1916 - 1918

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1918
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: Serpentinized Host Rock

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED ON A SHALLOW, SW TRENDING RIDGE.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, 20 TO 25 FT. WIDE, ABOUT 100 FT. LONG AND 20 TO 30 FT. DEEP.

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF AN ARCUATE ULTRAMAFIC MASS THAT AVERAGES 1/4 MILE WIDE AND EXTENDS FOR MORE THAN 3 MILES TO THE NW.

Comment (Production): SEVERAL (THREE?) THOUSAND TONS OF ORE MINED FROM CUT AND HAULED TO MILL FOR CONCENTRATION. RECORDED FIGURES OF NEVADA CHROME PRODUCTION VARY BUT INDICATE 400 TO 500 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATE CONTAINING ABOUT 36 PERCENT CR2O3 WAS MADE; ALL BUT ABOUT 25 TONS OF THIS CONCENTRATE CAME FROM WAITE PROPERTY.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODY ON THIS PROPERTY CONTAINED 10 TO 15 PERCENT CR2O3 BEING SOMEWHAT HIGHER IN GRADE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT THAN NEAR THE SURFACE. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME DISAGRREEMENT AS TO LOCATION BETWEEN TEXT AND PLATE 13. SEE CARD FOR SHERMAN RANCH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEPOSIT.

References

Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 241, PL. 13

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1976, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT , UNPUBLISHED.

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