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Anti-Axis Claim

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. 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 10114404
MRDS ID M005356
MAS/MILS ID 0060070063
Record type Site
Current site name Anti-Axis Claim
Related records 10028407

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.62416, 39.90267 (WGS84)
Elevation 829
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

Stirling City(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 N 003 E 27 SWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.62416, 39.90267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 75N
    Thickness 0.9M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N60W:75N
    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 1942
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Upper Butte Ck

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner F. H. Snow And Roy Mcclendon-Owner-Operator 1943
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON,G.A,1953,CDM AND G BULL134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.266-267.

  • Deposit

    ON WEST BANK OF BUTTE CREEK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RYNEARSON STATES ONLY 37 LONG TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED. ORE CONTAINED 41.44 PERCENT CR2O3,AND 10.84 PERCENT FE,CR TO 10 WAS 2.61-1. THE DEPOSIT WAS ABANDONED IN 1943.LITTLE TO RESERVE IN SIGHT,BECAUSE OF SMALLSIZE AND DISCONTINUITY. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hayashi U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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