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Green Ridge 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10138692
MRDS ID M005384
MAS/MILS ID 0060070099
Record type Site
Current site name Green Ridge Claim
Alternate or previous names Dynamite Kid, Wells Mine
Related records 10028429

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.53436, 39.70628 (WGS84)
Elevation 526
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(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

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 021 N 004 E 04 SENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.53436, 39.70628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N48W
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 65M
    Length 180M
    Width 16M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    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 N48W:80N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yankee Hill

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Loren Babcock-Located In 1949
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wells, John - Owned And Operated During W. W.1.
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF DIV OF MINES B 134 III CHAPTER 5 1953 PAGE 281

Reporter information

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

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