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Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims

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 10138591
MRDS ID M005468
MAS/MILS ID 0060070185
Record type Site
Current site name Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims
Related records 10028482

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.44495, 39.79627 (WGS84)
Elevation 695
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

Pulga(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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 022 N 005 E 05 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.44495, 39.79627
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 00S
    Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 2.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Strike And Dip N80E:00S
    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-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Big Bar Mountain

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. H. Brassell-1944
    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.276

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH OF THE COUNTRY ROCK IS HIGHLY FRACTURED,AND THE MAIN WO ARE POSSIBLE IN A LANDSLIDE BLOCK. CHROME AVERAGING 41.15 PERCENT, AND 11.18 PERCENT FE, RATIO OF CR:FE=2.52 TO 1. PROBABLY CAME FROM THE LITTLE HOPE CLAIM, AND CHROME AVERAGING 36.83 PERCENT CR2 D 12.78 PERCENT FE PROBABLY CAME FROM THE MARY JANE CLAIM. 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.

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