Newman Mine | UndergroundMines

Key facts

State: California
County: Alameda
Development status: Past Producer
Mine type: Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity: Chromium
Verification: Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Cr-Fe occurrence/mine located in the center S½ sec. 1, T4S, R3E, MDM, 5.0 km (3.1 mkiles) ENE of Mendenhall Springs and 12 miles East of Livermore, along the E canyon wall of Corral Hollow Creek. Owned by Mr Taylor, California (1974) and by F…

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USGS MRDS working type: Underground

MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface, Underground · work_type
MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

Woodsworth, F. · Source-reported owner · 1976

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

Chromite
Citrine
commodity:Chromium
Olivine
Pyroxene
Quartz
Serpentine
Uvarovite

Access & recent conditions

Land: unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

mine identity
development status
commodities
underground eligibility evidence

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 26987