Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims

The Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims 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

Name: Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims  

State:  California

County:  Butte

Elevation:

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 39.79639, -121.44389

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Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: California
County: Butte
District: Big Bar Mountain Area


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: J. H. Brassell
Home Office: Pluga, Ca.


Production

Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942-1944
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6 Lots Avg. 41.15 % Cr2o3, 11.18 % Fe, Cr To Fe 2.52: 1
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942-1944
Material type: ORE CR
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2 Lots Avg. 36.83 % Cr2o3, 12.78 % Fe, Cr To Fe 1.97: 1


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: POD


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinized Dunite


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 12.78 % FE
Analytical Data: 36.83 % CR2O3
Analytical Data: CR TO FE RATIO 1.97 - 1


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT MAY BE IN A LANDSLIDE BLOCK.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT WITH ABOVE DIMENSIONS, A 15 FT DRIFT IN THE FACE OF THE CUT AND A SMALL PIT.

Comment (Commodity): TWO LOTS AVERAGED, FROM THE LITTLE HOPE CLAIM.

Comment (Production): 1ST CUMULATIVE PROD. FROM LITTLE HOPE CLM.; 2ND FROM LITTLE HOPE AND MARY JANE CLMS.

Comment (Location): LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR THE WORKINGS IN SECT. 05; WORKINGS OF THIS DEPOSIT ARE EAST OF THE OROVILLE-QUINCY HIGH WAY, A LITTLE NORTH OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE N. FORK OF THE FEATHER RIVER.


References

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 276

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 21

Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 276


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