Mine detail: Milton Claim

Previously called 'Redmayne and Mcgonigal Prospect'

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Location: Sierra County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.52989, -120.61714
dep_id: 10043627
mrds_id: M100435
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite
gangue: Uvarovite
orebody_fm: LENSE
alteration: Moderate To Complete Serpentinization Of Host Rock.
Reporter: Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)
hrock_unit: Calaveras
hrock_type: Dunite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Two Dominant Directions Of Shearing Found In The Deposit. One Trending N70-75w, The Other Trending N10-20e
tectonic: Sierra Nevada Batholith
Year first produced: 1941
yr_lst_prd: 1941
disc_yr: 1918
discr: R.C. Zaring
References:
  • Deposit:: RYNEARSON, G.A., 1950, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 257, 258.
  • Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1942, CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, NO. 1, P. 16.
  • Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
  • Production:: AVERILL, 1942.
  • Reserve-Resource:: STINSON, 1975
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