The Glen Prospect is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Glen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glen Prospect
Secondary: Sourdough Prospet W.W. I
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Upper Butte Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. W. Glenn
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF SEVERAL LENSES OF ORE UP TO 2 FT WIDE AND A FEW FT LONG.
Comment (Development): SEVERAL LENSES MINED IN 1917 BUT NO ORE SHIPPED.
Comment (Location): PROSPECT NEAR THE HIGHWAY AND HOTEL AT INSKIP ON EAST EDGE OF SE, 29.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL OCCURRENCES OF CHROMITE - ONLY A FEW TONS OF ORE WAS IN SIGHT AT THE PROSPECT IN 1941 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134, III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 266
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