The Section 35 Mine is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California.
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Section 35 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 35 Mine
Secondary: Grahm - King Lease
Secondary: Little Corbett Lease
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Southern Pacific Land Co.
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: W. H. King
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
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: POD
Form: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE 45 - 50 % CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED IN SW CORNER OF SW OF NE, SECT. 35
Comment (Deposit): ONE POD OF ORE MINED IN 1917 CONTAINED 45 - 50 % CR2O3, HAD A MAX. LENGTH OF 20 FT AND MAX WIDTH OF 5 FT, AND HAD A STRIKE OF N15W.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT, A DRIFT, A SHAFT,AND A SMALL PROSPET PIT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 274
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5,P.274
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 22
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 274
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