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War Eagle

Prospect 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 10114565
MRDS ID M005482
MAS/MILS ID 0060070199
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle
Alternate or previous names War Eagle and Miller Deposits, Clark Chrome Mine
Related records 10028492

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.46105, 39.73098 (WGS84)
Elevation 525
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

Berry Creek(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 31 NENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.46105, 39.73098
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 30M
    Length 120M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00E:60S
    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
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Big Bar Mountain

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Land Pacific Co.-Owned The Section
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner B. D. Krumlauf-Leased 40 Acres From Southern Land Pacific
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON,G.A,1953 CDM AND G BULL134,PT.3,CHAP 5,P.278-279

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCKS MAYBE PARTLY SILICIFIED. DISSEMINATED ORE IS EXPOSED EE OUT OF FOUR TRENCHES. A LOW CRTO FE RATIO HAS DISCOURAGED CTIVE OPERATOR.NO ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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