The Stewart Mine is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Stewart Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stewart Mine
Secondary: Agard and Stewart Lease
Secondary: Big Bar Lease
Secondary: Brune and Stanley Property
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Pulga Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jack Koterske
Years: 1948 -
Owner Name: F. H. Stewart, W. A. T. Agard And A. E. Almind
Production
Year: 1916
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Ap_Grade: ^52 % Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT LOCATED JUST EAST OF ROAD IN SW PART OF SE OF NE, SECT. 01
Comment (Production): DEPOSIT WORKED OUT AND ABANDONED BY 1917.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 275
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY , NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 20
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 275
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