The Sherman Ranch is a mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,201 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: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.2569, -121.04530
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Sherman Ranch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sherman Ranch
Secondary: Hoeft Lease
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Nevada City
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: Eleanor E. Hoeft- Principal Operator During W. W. I.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Isabelle C. Sherman
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: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
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: Serpentine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Comments
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATELY 500 TO 600 TONS OF MINE-RUN DISSEMINATED ORE C NG 10 TO 15 PERCENT CR2O3 WAS TAKEN TO CHAMPION MILL TO BE C ATED. THE CONCENTRATES FROM THIS ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 32 PERCENT CR2O3, AND A HIGH FE CONTENT. 146 LONG TONS WERE SHIPPED IN 1918. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,G.A.,1953,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.241
Reference (Deposit): 37TH REPT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST NO.3,1941
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