| Deposit ID | 10284470 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M005431 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060070143 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Section 35 Mine |
| Related records | 10028460 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.49546, 39.80817 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 805 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Butte(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pulga(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Butte |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 023 N | 004 E | 35 | SWNE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -121.49546, 39.80817 |
|---|
| Strike | N20W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 00S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| District name | Pulga Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Southern Pacific Land Co.- Owned In 1949 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. H. Stewart And W. A. T. Agard-Leased Mine During 1916-19 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mrs. Lillian Graham And J. R. King- Leasee In 1942-1943. |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Stewart Operated Mine In 1916-1917 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| First year | 1916 |
| Last year | 1917 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. H. King Operated Mine On Assignment From Stewart-1918 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060070143 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M005431 | MAS references MRDS |
RYNEARSON,G.A.,1953,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.274
BRADLEY,W.W. ET AL,1918,CAL.STATEBULL 76,PP.118-121
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MINE CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT, A DRIFT,SHAFT OR UNDER ST E UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE FLOODED. 137 LONG TONS OF ORE WAS D IN 1917, AND 64 TONS IN 1918. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 22-MAY-1986 | Unknown | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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