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P.U.P. 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. 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098576
MRDS ID M100619
Record type Site
Current site name P.U.P. Mine
Alternate or previous names Zenith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.22465, 39.52738 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position APPROX 4.5 M W OF WOODLEAF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clipper Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

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 019N 007E 06 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization Of Peridotite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.22465, 39.52738
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL, IRREGULAR LENSES
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 22.86M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Middle Fork Of Feather River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. W. Usher, G. W. And C. H. Peterson
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED DURING WWI AVERAGED 35-37% CR2O3 AND 38% CR2O3 DURING WWII

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT LONG OPEN CUT AND NUMEROUS SMALL CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STINSON, 1975, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 285, 301

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 18

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, P. 285

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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