Christian Place

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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10211527
MRDS ID M005430
MAS/MILS ID 0060070142
Record type Site
Current site name Christian Place
Related records 10028459

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.54386, 39.81237 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
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

Paradise East(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 004 E 32 NENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.54386, 39.81237

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N75W:
    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 Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Magalia District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. E. Miller-Owner 1943
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Lessor
    Owner Miller, R. E.
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Glover, A. M.
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Parkeson, R.
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON,G.A.,1953,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.3,CHAP 5,P.273

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL THE ORE FOUND IN THE EARLY OPERATIONS OCCURRED AS IRREGULAR SES IN RED CLAY AND SOIL. THE REDCLAY WAS DERIVED FROM THE W NG OF SERPENTINE. ABOUT 10 LONG TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED. POSIT YIELDED 31.4 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 52.97 PERCEN AND 12.17 PERCENT FE,WITH A RATIOOF CRTO FE=2.98 IT IS ASSUMED BY RYNEARSON THAT THE DEPOSIT WAS WORKED OUT INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 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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