The Barnes Mine is a chromium mine located in Sonoma county, California.
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Barnes Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barnes Mine
Secondary: Ardoin 1918
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Sonoma
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: V. And A. Ardoin, J. Ferrari, Mcmahon, Cloverdale, Ca.
Owner Name: Wanderer Mining Co.,
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1884
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1880
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED IN SECT. 32.
Comment (Production): SEVERAL TONS OF FLOAT WERE COLLECTED AND ONE CARLOAD OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1918.
Comment (Workings): ORE WAS COLLECTED MAINLY FROM SURFACE FLOAT OR ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS. IN 1918, THE WANDERER MINING CO. SANK AN INCLINED SHAFT 15 FT. BELOW THE CREEK BED AND 30 FT. BELOW THE GROUND LEVEL. AND DROVE A NUMBER OF IRREGULAR DRIFTS WHICH INTERESECTED OLD WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): PIECES OF CHROMITE FROM 1 IN. TO 1 FT. ACROSS WERE MINED FROM RIVER DEPOSITS. OCCASIONALLY, BOULDERS UP TO 12 TONS WERE FOUND, ALSO. ORE WAS ESPECIALLY ABUNDANT IN LOWER MOST BEDS, WHICH RESTED ON SERPENTINE.
References
Reference (Production): DOW & THAYER (1946)
Reference (Deposit): DOW, D. H. AND THAYER, T. P., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 1, P. 26, 36
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