Lone Star Claim

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114293
MRDS ID M005523
MAS/MILS ID 0060070240
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Claim
Related records 10028511

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.28635, 39.69428 (WGS84)
Elevation 968
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brush Creek(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

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 021 N 006 E 10 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.28635, 39.69428

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820226

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Feather River District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. A. Pope-1942
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dow Day Of Berry Creek During W. W. I.
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner J. S. Means Worked Claim In 1941 Prior To Pope'S Claim
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner V. F. Rodgers Leased Property From Pope In 1943.
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL.DIV MINES GEOL BULL.134,PT3, CHAP.2 & PL5

  • Deposit

    CAL DIV MINES GEOL BULL 145,PL.2

  • Deposit

    CAL STATE MINERALOGIST REPT 21P. 165 1925

  • Deposit

    CAL.COUNTY REPT NO.2,P.22,129 &PLD 1963

  • Deposit

    COOP WAR MINERAL INVEST.PROJ CALAVERAS CO NO.4, TALIAFERRO 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS ARE SKETCHY AS TO WHO LEASED THIS CLAIM FROM POPE. V.F.RODGERS SHIPPED 22.1 LONG TONS OF ORE TO OROVILLE STOCKP RODGERS REPTED HIS SOURCE AS DAY CLAIM,AND THE LOCATION COIN WITH THE LONE STAR CLAIM. RYNEARSON ASSUMES DEPOSIT CONTAIN RVES. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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