The Green Ridge Claim is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Green Ridge Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Green Ridge Claim
Secondary: Dynamite Kid Or Wells Mine W.W. I
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Loren Babcock
Production
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Ap_Grade: ^35 % Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentine Highly Sheared.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MAIN ORE BODY WAS TABULAR IN SHAPE AND WAS 60 FT LONG, 2 FT WIDE AND 15 FT DEEP.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A MASS OF SERPENTINE 300 - 400 FT WIDE AND HALF MILE LONG.
Comment (Deposit): ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 35% CR2O3 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT LOCATED NEAR THE COUNTY ROAD IN SE OF NW, 4 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO OPEN CUTS, THE LARGEST OFWHICH WAS 80 FT LONG, 3 - 20 FT WIDE AND 4 - 10 FT DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 19
Reference (Deposit): RYHEARSON, G. A. , 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 280, 281, 300
Reference (Deposit): CDM BULL. 184, PL. 1
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 281
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