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Burgett Prospect

Occurrence in Colusa county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029530
MRDS ID M007126
Record type Site
Current site name Burgett Prospect
Related records 10211074

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.47524, 39.16266 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI W OF LEESVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colusa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Colusa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 006W 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 35 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.47524, 39.16266
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 - 30 E
    Dip 45 - 80 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDS OF MANGANIFEROUS CHERT INTERBEDDED WITH SHALE IN FRANCISCAN GREENSTONE. ORE BEING AN INTIMATE MIXTURE OF CHALCEDONIC SILICA AND OPAL WITH MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES. MANGANESE OXIDE COATINGS ARE PRESENT ON SOME EXPOSURES. ORE GRADES ABOUT 35 % MN AND 25 - 30 % SILICA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. W. Burgett

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 47-50

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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