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Swayne 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043714
MRDS ID M100623
Record type Site
Current site name Swayne Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Pine Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.41466, 39.77682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position APPROX 2.5 MI SE OF PULGA

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)

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 022N 005E 09 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 30-34% CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.41466, 39.77682
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PLANAR-BANDED LENS
    Strike NW
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Bar Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brune, A. E.
    First year 1918
  • Type Operator
    Owner Logan, L. D.
    First year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government
  • Type Operator
    Owner Wakeham, A. L.
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • ORE CONTAINED 30-34% CR2O3

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 4.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT WITH THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS (1918)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134, P. 276-277.

  • Deposit

    STINSON, 1975, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 21

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative California resources

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