The Lambert Mine 3 is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Lambert Mine 3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lambert Mine 3
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Magalia Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: M. V. Steifer And Frank Pestal
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1884
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THE MINE TO THE END OF 1950 AMOUNTS TO APPROXIMATELY 2,700 LONG TONS OF ORE. TUNNELS ON TOPO MAP. LARGEST DEPOSIT OF MASSIVE CHROMITE ORE OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. DURING 1946-50 AVERAGED ABOUT 42 PERCENT CR2O3. KNOWN IN 1884
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT, TWO TRENCHES, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) PP. 266-272
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 20
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