The North Star is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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North Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Star
Secondary: Red Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: South Fork Of Feather River Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. A. Will
Years: 1936 -
Owner Name: J. S. Means
Years: 1943 -
Production
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Ap_Grade: ^36.12 % Cr2o3
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Ap_Grade: ^37 - 39 % Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 36 - 39 % CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TRENCHES
Comment (Location): Used PLS and GIS to determine lat/long
References
Reference (Production): California Division of Mines and Geology BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 284
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 19 (Reprinted as California Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 94, 1987)
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, California Division of Mines and Geology BULL 134, PT.3, CHAPT.5, P. 283, 284, 301
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