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Anti-Axis Claim

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028407
MRDS ID M005356
Record type Site
Current site name Anti-Axis Claim
Related records 10114404

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.62412, 39.90265 (WGS84)
Elevation 640

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stirling City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 003E 27 SW OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED ON WEST BANK OF BIG BUTTE CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.62412, 39.90265
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Within A Few Feet Of Deposit.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N60W
    Dip 80NE
    Thickness 0.91M
  • General form LENSE
    Dip 80NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Butte Creek Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner F. H. Snow And Roy Mcclendon

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41.44 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 41wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134, III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 266 , 267

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 266

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT PROBABLY TOOK OUT ALL ORE IN SIGHT. DEPOSIT DOES NOT OFFER MUCH PROMISE FOR FUTURE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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