| Deposit ID | 10187113 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W017826 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060070010 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lambert Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Magalia Area |
| Related records | 10072459 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.61356, 39.79157 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 457 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Butte(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Paradise East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Butte |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 022 N | 003 E | 02 | SWNW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | pre-Cenozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks undivided |
|---|
| Strike | N30W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 75E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 70M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 64HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1884 |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| District name | Magalia District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Lambert Jr And Lucille Gutman |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1960 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Helmke, Thomas And Janssen |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1960 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060070010 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W017826 | MAS references MRDS |
DMEA RPT OF EXAMINATION-FIELD-TEAM DEC 9,1955 WARNER & STAGE
CAL DV M&G BULL 134,PTIII,CHAPT.VSIERRA NEVADA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CAP EXP O: ACQ.DEV O: EQUIP 50M :WORK CAP 30M:LEAD TIME 6MO ORE SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE HAD VARYING CR/FE RATIOS OF 2.8 SMALL ASSAY LOTS HAD 40.61 TO 44.83 CR2O3 AND 9.35 TO 10.19 MILL CAP. COSTS-EQIP 768M WK CAP 117M 2 01.38,CR2O3 39.46,FEO 10.97,TOTAL FE 12.87,AL203 24.56,MGO CR/FE 2.70. DEPOSIT HAS BEEN MINED OUT. NO ACTIVITY AT MINE SINCE 1959. JOHN BURNETT CA DIV MINES AND GEOL. PERS COMM WITH USBM SEPT. 1984. POTENTIAL ONLY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 12-JUL-1993 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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