Lambert Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.61356, 39.79157 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 N 003 E 02 SWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 30M
    Length 70M
    Width 10M
    Area 64HA
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N30W:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 64
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Magalia District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • 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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OWNERS: GEORGE LAMBERT JR. & LUCILLE GUTMAN OTHER NAME: MAGALIA AREA. OPERATOR: HELMKE, THOMAS & JANSSEN CR TO FE RATIO: 2.70 DROPPED FROM EVALUATION DURING FY 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RPT OF EXAMINATION-FIELD-TEAM DEC 9,1955 WARNER & STAGE

  • Deposit

    CAL DV M&G BULL 134,PTIII,CHAPT.VSIERRA NEVADA

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1993 Wetzel, Nicholas 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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