The Big Bend Occurrence is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Big Bend Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Bend Occurrence
Secondary: Norris and Noyes Property 1917
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Middle Fork Of Feather River Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Southern Pacific Land Co.
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: Brune, A. E.
Years: 1918 -
Production
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Ap_Grade: ^48 % Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1917
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
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1918 SHIPPED A TOTAL OF 90.4 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 48 PERCENT CR2O3
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS (1918)
Comment (Deposit): SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT.3, CHAPT. 5, P. 283
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 20
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 283
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