The Anti-Axis Claim is a mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 2,720 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,720 Feet (829 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.9028, -121.62310
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Anti-Axis Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anti-Axis Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Upper Butte Ck
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: F. H. Snow And Roy Mcclendon-Owner-Operator 1943
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Southern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RYNEARSON STATES ONLY 37 LONG TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED. ORE CONTAINED 41.44 PERCENT CR2O3,AND 10.84 PERCENT FE,CR TO 10 WAS 2.61-1. THE DEPOSIT WAS ABANDONED IN 1943.LITTLE TO RESERVE IN SIGHT,BECAUSE OF SMALLSIZE AND DISCONTINUITY. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,G.A,1953,CDM AND G BULL134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.266-267.
Reference (Deposit): ON WEST BANK OF BUTTE CREEK
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