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Big Pine Claim

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095074
MRDS ID M005489
Record type Site
Current site name Big Pine Claim
Related records 10284558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.40299, 39.80404 (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)

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 023N 005E 34 SE California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM LOCATED ON MILL CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 28 - 36 % CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.40299, 39.80404
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. H. Brassell

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND A SHAFT, 20 FTDEEP, NOW FLOODED.

Comments on development

  • 200 - 250 LT ORE MINED BUT NOT SHIPPED DURING W W I

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 277

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 23

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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