The Lambert Mine is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,519 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,519 Feet (463 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.79167, -121.61278
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Lambert Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lambert Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Magalia Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: U.S. Federal Government
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sierra Nevada Foothills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES, STRINGERS, PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization Of Ultramafics
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 44% CR2O3, 11% FE WITH A CR: FE RATIO OF 2.8.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR 1951 UNKNOWN. ORE PARTICULARLY SUITED TO REFACTORY PURPOSES BECAUSE OF LOW IRON, SILICA CONTENT AND HIGH ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM CONTENT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATION OF RESERVES IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE BECAUSE NO ORE WAS SEEN IN PLACE WHEN VISITED BY STINSON IN 1975.
Comment (Deposit): PRIMARY ORE BODIES OCCUR ALONG A PROMINENT SHEAR ZONE WITH ABOVE ATTITUDES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED (1953) OF 3 OPEN CUTS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF UNDERGROUND OPENINGS EXTENDING EASTWARD FROM 4 PORTALS IN THE OPEN CUTS. IN 1975 ONLY WORKINGS VISIBLE WERE PORTALS 2 AND 3.
Comment (Geology): THE SERPENTINE SILL-LIKE INTRUSION WHICH CONTAINS THE CHROMITE, STRIKES NW, DIPS STEEPLY NE AND IS APPROX 400 M WIDE IN THE VICINITY OF THE MINE.
References
Reference (Production): STINSON, 1975, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, 1975, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): CDMG BULL 134, P. 267-272, PLATE 15.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, VOL 2, P. 20.
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