The James Corbett Blyes is a mine located in Fresno county, California at an elevation of 3,901 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: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 36.3092, -120.55470
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James Corbett Blyes MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: James Corbett Blyes
Secondary: James Corbett Mine
Secondary: Corbett-Byles Mines
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Fresno
District: New Idria
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Marmac Resources Co.-Mareco Mining Division (Owner)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
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
Unknown: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PROD(1954-1955) 530 METRIC TONS CONCENTRATES (MILLED FR TONS ORE AVERAGING 11% CR2O3),11 TONS MASSIVE ORE. CONCENTRAT 46.9% CR2O3, 12.4% FE, CR/FE=2.6. LUMP ORE RAN 44.5% CR2O3,9. CR/FE=3.4. LITTLE ORE IN SIGHT-NOPUBLISHED RESERVES. NEARBY ESTATE MINE BEING DEVELOPED IN JANUARY 1976 AVERAGE MINABLE GRADE OF CHROMITEIS 44.5% & IRON IS 9.1% INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 12.66, CR2O3 36.54, FEO 08.47, TOTAL FE 12.87, AL203 11.34, MGO CR/FE 2.50. DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 06.50, CR2O3 45.67, FEO 10.58 FE 14.47, AL203 08.50, MGO 10.78, CR/FE 2.78. DISSEMINATED ORE, F INED=S102 4.90, CR2O3 45.67, FEO 13.50, TOTAL FE 16.08, AL203 7. 12.44, CR/FE 2.50.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK V.3 P. 207,1954
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M MINERAL YEARBOOK V.3 ,P. 210,1955
Reference (Deposit): CAL DIV MINES & GEOL SPEC REPT 71,19PP. 1961
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