Section 35 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284470
MRDS ID M005431
MAS/MILS ID 0060070143
Record type Site
Current site name Section 35 Mine
Related records 10028460

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.49546, 39.80817 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
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

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)

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 35 SWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.49546, 39.80817

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 00S
    Thickness 0M
    Length 60M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N20W:00S
    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-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Pulga Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON,G.A.,1953,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.274

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY,W.W. ET AL,1918,CAL.STATEBULL 76,PP.118-121

General comments

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.

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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