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Josephson Prospect

Occurrence in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Manganese, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028435
MRDS ID M005395
Record type Site
Current site name Josephson Prospect
Related records 10187652

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.51688, 39.69182 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI SE OF YANKEE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 004E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 10 , MAY BE THIS MINE BUT IS SHOWN IN BULL. 184 AS A GOLD PROSPECT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 30 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.51688, 39.69182
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 75 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE OCCURING IN CHERT ENCLOSED IN BLACK SLATE OR PHYLLITE. ORE BODIES ARE TABULAR WITH A TOTAL THICKNESS OF ABOUT 10 FT. AND ARE MOSTLY SOFT PYROLUSITE, INTERMINGLED WITH WHITE SILICA. AVE. GRADE 30 % MANGANESE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. C. Josephson
    Home office Oroville, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS EXPOSE MATERIAL THAT REPORTEDLY MAY AVERAGE ABOUT 30% MNO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULLETIN 152 (1950) P. 36; B. 125 (1943) P. 104

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF. V. 2, P. 60

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN CHERT. SPECIMENS MIGHT CONTAIN 40% MN, BUT GENERAL RUN PROBABLY 30% DIP N 45 DEG. E AT 75 DEG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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