The War Eagle Deposit is a chromium mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,699 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: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.72667, -121.45972
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War Eagle Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: War Eagle Deposit
Secondary: Clark Chrome Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Big Bar Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Southern Pacific Land Co.
Owner Name: Krumlauf, B. D.
Home Office: Spokane, Wa
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS, PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dunite Thoroughly Serpentinized And Altered To Talc, Also Some Silicification.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ABOVE RESERVE POSSIBLE IF ORE ZONE DIMENSIONS ARE 400 FT LONG, 5 FT THICK, AND 200 FT DEEP.
Comment (Commodity): TWO SAMPLES OF ORE ANALYZED WERE FOUND TO CONTAIN 29.81, 27.99% CR2O3 AND 11.66, 12.84% FE. CONCENTRATES OF SAME SAMPLES CONTAINED 42.45, 42.40% CR2O3; 15.50, 14.90% FE AND CR: FE RATIOS OF 1.88 AND 1.93.
Comment (Production): LOW CR: FE RATIOS FROM CONCENTRATES HAVE DISCOURAGED PROSPECTIVE OPERATORS AND NO ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED FROM DEPOSIT.
Comment (Deposit): ORE TRACED BY OUTCROPS AND FLOAT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED (1941) OF 2 SMALL OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: W.W. I
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 228, 279
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 278, 279
Reference (Deposit): CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 278, 279, 30
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