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North Star

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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098223
MRDS ID M005545
Record type Site
Current site name North Star
Alternate or previous names Red Mountain
Related records 10284157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.19904, 39.57488 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot At Center Ne Of Sw, 21

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clipper Mills(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 020N 007E 21 NE OF SW California

Comments on the location information

  • Used PLS and GIS to determine lat/long

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 36 - 39 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 70E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Discoverer B. J. Mullins

Mining district

District name South Fork Of Feather River Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. S. Means
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. A. Will
    First year 1936

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^37 - 39 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 38wt-pct
  • Year 1943
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^36.12 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 36wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, California Division of Mines and Geology BULL 134, PT.3, CHAPT.5, P. 283, 284, 301

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 19 (Reprinted as California Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 94, 1987)

  • Production

    California Division of Mines and Geology BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 284

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 14-MAR-94 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG. ENTERED HOST ROCK TYPE.
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere W. U.S. Geological Survey

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