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Section 35 Mine

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028460
MRDS ID M005431
Record type Site
Current site name Section 35 Mine
Alternate or previous names Grahm - King Lease, Little Corbett Lease
Related records 10284470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.49356, 39.80848 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Sw Of Ne, 35

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 004E 35 SW OF NE California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED IN SW CORNER OF SW OF NE, SECT. 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE 45 - 50 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.49356, 39.80848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N25W
    Dip SW
    Length 36.58M
  • General form POD
    Dip SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1918

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. H. King
    First year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Land Co.
    First year 1949

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 274

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT, A DRIFT, A SHAFT,AND A SMALL PROSPET PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 274

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 22

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5,P.274

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE POD OF ORE MINED IN 1917 CONTAINED 45 - 50 % CR2O3, HAD A MAX. LENGTH OF 20 FT AND MAX WIDTH OF 5 FT, AND HAD A STRIKE OF N15W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-83 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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