USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
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- development status
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California · Butte County
Section 35 Mine
Unconfirmed Iron Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Butte
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Iron
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Source classification: Underground operation documented
Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- F. H. Stewart And W. A. T. Agard-Leased Mine During 1916-19 · Historical operator · 1976
- Mrs. Lillian Graham And J. R. King- Leasee In 1942-1943. · Historical operator · 1976
- Stewart Operated Mine In 1916-1917 · Historical operator · 1976
- W. H. King Operated Mine On Assignment From Stewart-1918 · Historical operator · 1976
- Southern Pacific Land Co.- Owned In 1949 · Source-reported owner · 1976
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chromite
- Olivine
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
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