The Lambert Mine is a mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,499 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: 1,499 Feet (457 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.7917, -121.61250
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Lambert Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lambert Mine
Secondary: Magalia Area
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Magalia District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Helmke, Thomas And Janssen
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1960
Owner Name: George Lambert Jr And Lucille Gutman
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1960
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1884
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CAP EXP O: ACQ.DEV O: EQUIP 50M :WORK CAP 30M:LEAD TIME 6MO ORE SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE HAD VARYING CR/FE RATIOS OF 2.8 SMALL ASSAY LOTS HAD 40.61 TO 44.83 CR2O3 AND 9.35 TO 10.19 MILL CAP. COSTS-EQIP 768M WK CAP 117M 2 01.38,CR2O3 39.46,FEO 10.97,TOTAL FE 12.87,AL203 24.56,MGO CR/FE 2.70. DEPOSIT HAS BEEN MINED OUT. NO ACTIVITY AT MINE SINCE 1959. JOHN BURNETT CA DIV MINES AND GEOL. PERS COMM WITH USBM SEPT. 1984. POTENTIAL ONLY.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): OWNERS: GEORGE LAMBERT JR. & LUCILLE GUTMAN OTHER NAME: MAGALIA AREA. OPERATOR: HELMKE, THOMAS & JANSSEN CR TO FE RATIO: 2.70 DROPPED FROM EVALUATION DURING FY 1980
References
Reference (Deposit): DMEA RPT OF EXAMINATION-FIELD-TEAM DEC 9,1955 WARNER & STAGE
Reference (Deposit): CAL DV M&G BULL 134,PTIII,CHAPT.VSIERRA NEVADA
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