The Park's Ranch Mine is a mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 971 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
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Park's Ranch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Park's Ranch Mine
Secondary: J.G. Curtis Property
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Lime Saddle
Land Status
Land ownership: State Park
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: State Lease
Type: Private Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: State Of California
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): G-TOB , OTHER IS MASSIVE G-SOB , OTHER IS PODIFORM G-ORE , ORE IS HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTENIZED PERIDOTITE G-TWA , OTHER IS SERPENTINIZATION. L-DEF , OTHER IS SHEARING LRNAM , AMPHIBOLITIC SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 134, PT. 3, CHAPTER 5, P. 282-283.
Reference (Deposit): AND IN ON CHART P301
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN
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