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War Bond Group 11 Claims

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098221
MRDS ID M005467
Record type Site
Current site name War Bond Group 11 Claims
Alternate or previous names Liberty Group W. W. I
Related records 10235340

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.37772, 39.78349 (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 022N 005E 01,02,11,12 California

Comments on the location information

  • 3 CLAIMS IN SECT. 01, 4 CLAIMS IN SECT. 02, 4 CLAIMSIN SECT. 12.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE 35 % CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.37772, 39.78349
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Economic information

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. A. Clark
    First year 1943

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^35 Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 35wt-pct
  • Year 1920
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^35% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 35wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A FEW SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 277, 302 PL. 13

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NO. CALIF., V. 2, P. 21

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 265

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLOAT WAS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY.

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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