The Park's Ranch Mine is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.69111, -121.56556
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Park's Ranch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Park's Ranch Mine
Secondary: Lime Saddle
Secondary: Iron Point
Secondary: Curtis Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Yankee Hill Area
Land Status
Land ownership: State Park
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: Clark, Riemers, Mc Nallen And Stevens
Years: 1942 -
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1916-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^42% Cr2o3
Year: 1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^37.98% 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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Physiographic Detail: Sierra Nevada Foothills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization Of Peridotite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Chrysotile
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EXPLORATION RECOMMENDED TO A GREATER DEPTH IN THE WINZE AND NEAR THE N SERPENTINE-SCHIST CONTACT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS (1943) CONSISTED OF A LARGE OPEN CUT, AN 85 FT LONG ADIT, A 25 FT LONG WINZE, AND A SHAFT 40 FT DEEP.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT LOCATED IN AN ELONGATED PERIDOTITE MASS, 200-300 FT WIDE, WHICH IS IN VERTICAL CONTACT WITH AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): CDMG BULL 134, P. 282-283
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, 1975, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORTS, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 20
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, P. 282-283.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CDMG BULL 134, P. 283.
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