Clary and Langford Mine Porter and Spring Nassau

The Clary and Langford Mine Porter and Spring Nassau is a chromium mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,739 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

Name: Clary and Langford Mine Porter and Spring Nassau  

State:  California

County:  Calaveras

Elevation: 1,739 Feet (530 Meters)

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 38.04194, -120.64583

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Clary and Langford Mine Porter and Spring Nassau MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Clary and Langford Mine Porter and Spring Nassau


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Black Creek 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

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Ownership

Owner Name: C. J. Tiscornia Ranches, Inc.
Home Office: San Andreas, Ca. 95429

Owner Name: J. E. Porter, J. H. Spring
Years: 1918 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED 45 - 46 % CR2O3


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Production): TOTAL 348 LONG TONS; RESERVES PROBABLY NEGLIGIBLE. OPERATED PRIOR TO WWI UNTIL 1918. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FLOODED OPEN CUT AND 2 FLOODED SHAFTS. SOME OF ORE MINED USED BY A LOCAL COPPER SMELTER AS FURNACE LININGS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE IN HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE; NO ORE CAN BE SEEN IN PLACE BUT A FEW FRAGMENTS OF MEDIUM-TO COARSE-GRAINED MASSIVE CHROMITE CONTAINING MINOR QUANTITIES OF KAMMERERITE ARE SCATTERED ABOUT THE DUMPS. A SHAFT AND A FEW SMALL CUTS WERE REPORTED IN A SMALL DETACHED MASS OF SERPENTINE 1/2 MI. TO THE WEST (NE1/4 SEC. 9)


References

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 47 AND PL. 5; B. 76, P. 121

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 128 AND PL. D

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPT., UNPB.


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