The Shelley Mine is a mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 1,860 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: 1,860 Feet (567 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.8339, -120.87920
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Shelley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shelley Mine
Secondary: Shelly Mine
Secondary: Wolf Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
District: Coloma District
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
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Chrome Co, Last Operator
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: David And Cynthia Cole
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1917
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Talc
Comments
Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION 1284 TONS, GRADE30% CR2O3,ALL 1917-1918. NO OR RESERVE ESTIMATE, 10% CHANCE OF 100 TONS. LAND HAS BEEN DED AND WILL PROBABLY BE BUILT ON SOON -DEPLETED PROSPECT ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 05.75,CR2O3 34.71,FEO 08.89,TOTAL FE 12.87,AL203 26.45,MGO CR/FE 2.38.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 03.28,CR2O3 38.67,FEO 09.74 FE 12.87,AL203 26.45,MGO 14.09,CR/FE 2.63.
References
Reference (Deposit): CATER,FW.ET AL,1951,CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3,CH 4 P 111,1
Reference (Deposit): TALIAFERRO,NL,1918,COOP WAR MIN INVEST CALIF,EL DORADO NO 22
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