The Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California.
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Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Big Bar Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: J. H. Brassell
Home Office: Pluga, Ca.
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942-1944
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6 Lots Avg. 41.15 % Cr2o3, 11.18 % Fe, Cr To Fe 2.52: 1
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942-1944
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2 Lots Avg. 36.83 % Cr2o3, 12.78 % Fe, Cr To Fe 1.97: 1
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinized Dunite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 12.78 % FE
Analytical Data: 36.83 % CR2O3
Analytical Data: CR TO FE RATIO 1.97 - 1
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT MAY BE IN A LANDSLIDE BLOCK.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT WITH ABOVE DIMENSIONS, A 15 FT DRIFT IN THE FACE OF THE CUT AND A SMALL PIT.
Comment (Commodity): TWO LOTS AVERAGED, FROM THE LITTLE HOPE CLAIM.
Comment (Production): 1ST CUMULATIVE PROD. FROM LITTLE HOPE CLM.; 2ND FROM LITTLE HOPE AND MARY JANE CLMS.
Comment (Location): LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR THE WORKINGS IN SECT. 05; WORKINGS OF THIS DEPOSIT ARE EAST OF THE OROVILLE-QUINCY HIGH WAY, A LITTLE NORTH OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE N. FORK OF THE FEATHER RIVER.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 276
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 21
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 276
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