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Lambert Mine 3

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109113
MRDS ID M005327
Record type Site
Current site name Lambert Mine 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.61412, 39.79181 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 003E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1884

Mining district

District name Magalia Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. V. Steifer And Frank Pestal

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THE MINE TO THE END OF 1950 AMOUNTS TO APPROXIMATELY 2,700 LONG TONS OF ORE. TUNNELS ON TOPO MAP. LARGEST DEPOSIT OF MASSIVE CHROMITE ORE OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. DURING 1946-50 AVERAGED ABOUT 42 PERCENT CR2O3. KNOWN IN 1884

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, TWO TRENCHES, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) PP. 266-272

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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