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Lone Star 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028511
MRDS ID M005523
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Claim
Alternate or previous names Day Claim W. W. 1
Related records 10114293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.29827, 39.67599 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Ne, 10

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brush Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 006E 10 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM LOCATED NW OF THE FOREST ROAD IN NE, SECT. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.29827, 39.67599
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Dow Day, Berry Creek, Ca.

Mining district

District name Middle Fork Of Feather River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner L. A. Pope
    Home office Glendale, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • 22.1 LONG TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN JUNE, 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT AND SEVERAL TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134,III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 283

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS SEVERAL SMALL LENSES ALONG A SHEAR ZONE.
Deposit Discovery Year: W. W. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-83 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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