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P.U.P.Mine

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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114314
MRDS ID M005535
MAS/MILS ID 0060070112
Record type Site
Current site name P.U.P.Mine
Alternate or previous names Zenith Mine, Zenith Chrome Mining Company Mine, Strouse Deposit
Related records 10028518

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.22464, 39.53018 (WGS84)
Elevation 965
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 019 N 007 E 06 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.22464, 39.53018
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 30M
    Width 4M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 PLACER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Forbestown

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. W. And C. H. Peterson And G. W. Usher, Last Operators,1942-43
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED IN 1915-18 RAN 35-37 PERCENT CR2O3 INTENSE LOGGING HAS LEFT NO TRACEOF THE MING WORKINGS INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL.134,PT.3 CH.5,1953,P.285

  • Deposit

    ON NORTH FORK FEATHER RIVER IN SECTION 35

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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