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Stewart Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028442
MRDS ID M005407
Record type Site
Current site name Stewart Mine
Alternate or previous names Agard and Stewart Lease, Big Bar Lease, Brune and Stanley Property
Related records 10187351

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.47049, 39.79265 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pulga(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 004E 01 SE OF NE California

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATED JUST EAST OF ROAD IN SW PART OF SE OF NE, SECT. 01

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pulga Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. H. Stewart, W. A. T. Agard And A. E. Almind
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Koterske
    First year 1948

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^52 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 52wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT WORKED OUT AND ABANDONED BY 1917.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 275

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY , NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 20

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 275

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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