The Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims is a mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 2,280 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: 2,280 Feet (695 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.7964, -121.44390
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Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Hope and Mary Jane Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Big Bar Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. H. Brassell-1944
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1942
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Talc
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MUCH OF THE COUNTRY ROCK IS HIGHLY FRACTURED,AND THE MAIN WO ARE POSSIBLE IN A LANDSLIDE BLOCK. CHROME AVERAGING 41.15 PERCENT, AND 11.18 PERCENT FE, RATIO OF CR:FE=2.52 TO 1. PROBABLY CAME FROM THE LITTLE HOPE CLAIM, AND CHROME AVERAGING 36.83 PERCENT CR2 D 12.78 PERCENT FE PROBABLY CAME FROM THE MARY JANE CLAIM. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,G.A,1953,CDM AND G BULL134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.276
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