Suzy Bell Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186929
MRDS ID M005596
MAS/MILS ID 0060070111
Record type Site
Current site name Suzy Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky Strike, Brendt No.1 Claim, Dickey and Driesbach Mine
Related records 10109125

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.14664, 39.53348 (WGS84)
Elevation 890
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuba(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 04 NESW 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) -121.14664, 39.53348

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 4M
    Length 15M
    Width 3M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N45W:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316

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 1916

Mining district

District name Clipper Mills

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Arbucco, A. G., Tinsley, W. And G. W., (Last Operators)
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134 PT.3 CH.5,1953,BUTTE COUNTY,P.284

  • Deposit

    CALIF STATE MINING BUREAU BULL NO76,.PP 119-120, 1918, BRADL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE RAN 35 PERCENT CR2O3 AND 11.8PERCENT FE WITH CR/FE RATIO MINE WORKINGS NOT LOCATED DURING RECENT VISIT TO REPORTED LO INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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