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War Eagle Deposit

Occurrence 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043715
MRDS ID M100624
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle Deposit
Alternate or previous names Clark Chrome Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.46077, 39.72655 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Sect. 31, Assumed Spot Sect. 31

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berry Creek(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 31 NE OF NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TWO SAMPLES OF ORE ANALYZED WERE FOUND TO CONTAIN 29.81, 27.99% CR2O3 AND 11.66, 12.84% FE. CONCENTRATES OF SAME SAMPLES CONTAINED 42.45, 42.40% CR2O3; 15.50, 14.90% FE AND CR: FE RATIOS OF 1.88 AND 1.93.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dunite Thoroughly Serpentinized And Altered To Talc, Also Some Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Harzburgite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.46077, 39.72655
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS
    Strike NE
    Dip 60 SE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer J.A. Clark, Yankee Hill, Ca.

Mining district

District name Big Bar Mountain Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Krumlauf, B. D.
    Home office Spokane, Wa
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Land Co.

Comments on the production information

  • LOW CR: FE RATIOS FROM CONCENTRATES HAVE DISCOURAGED PROSPECTIVE OPERATORS AND NO ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED FROM DEPOSIT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOVE RESERVE POSSIBLE IF ORE ZONE DIMENSIONS ARE 400 FT LONG, 5 FT THICK, AND 200 FT DEEP.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED (1941) OF 2 SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 278, 279, 30

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 278, 279

  • Reserve-Resource

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 228, 279

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE TRACED BY OUTCROPS AND FLOAT
Deposit Discovery Year: W.W. I

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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