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Hendricks No. 1 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043388
MRDS ID M100130
Record type Site
Current site name Hendricks No. 1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.51272, 39.71266 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX 1 MI E OF YANKEE HILL, Assumed Spot In Sect. 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(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 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.51272, 39.71266
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 80 NE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Yankee Hill Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Ores Co.
    First year 1917
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hendricks, Charles And William
    First year 1917

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS (1953) CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT WITH ABOVE DIMENSIONS AND A WINZE 14 FT DEEP NEAR CENTER OF THE CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134, P. 264, 280, 300

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, P. 280

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-80 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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