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Suzy Bell Lucky Strike Mine

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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109125
MRDS ID M005596
Record type Site
Current site name Suzy Bell Lucky Strike Mine
Related records 10186929

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -121.17688, 39.53423 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 007E 04,03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -121.17688, 39.53423
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Butte County Pine And Hardwood Co.

Comments on the production information

  • TOOK ABOUT 250 OR 300 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 36 TO 40 PERCENT. CR2O3 FROM THIS DEPOSIT.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134, III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 284 AND PL. 13

  • Deposit

    SO. PAC. CO. MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF. V. 2, P. 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHROMITE MINED IN 1942 CONTAINED 35.09% CR2O3 AND 11.80% FE WITH A CR:FE OF 2.03:1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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