North End Claim

The North End Claim is a mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,050 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

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Site Name

Primary: North End Claim
Secondary: Last Chance Claim
Secondary: C and M Quigg Lease
Secondary: Ziehlke Claims
Secondary: Last Chance Claims
Secondary: Murphy Lease
Secondary: Morning Glory Claim
Secondary: Pereira Property
Secondary: West End Claim

Commodity

Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Jamestown 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

Type: Other
Type: Fee Ownership

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Last Operator-V Johnson And J F Stewart (Ww2)
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Martha L Price And Melvin M Laughlin
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: 1890
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

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM CATER,1948. TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS 449 METRIC TONS.(TOTAL FOR ZIEHLKE CLAI AVERAGED 45 PERCENT CR2O3(OR ABOUT 20 PERCENT CR2O3) INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 02.65,CR2O3 42.02,FEO 18.16 TOTAL FE 19.30,AL203 09.9 6.25,CR/FE 1.42.

References

Reference (Deposit): CATER,FW 1948,CR-TUOLUMNE.CAL DIVMINES BULL 134,PT 3,CHAP 1,

Reference (Deposit): PL 1.

Reference (Deposit): TALIAFERRO,N L,1918,COOP WAR MINERAL INVEST,TUOLUMNE CO. NOS

Reference (Deposit): 21,UNPUBLISHED.

Reference (Deposit): AS OF 1961

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