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Elzie Bagley

Producer in Modoc county in California, United States with commodity Calcium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031433
MRDS ID M010217
Record type Site
Current site name Elzie Bagley
Related records 10261449

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.16438, 41.45764 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 10 MI SOUTH OF CEDARVILLE IN THE WARNER RANGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Surprise Valley(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Modoc

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 042N 016E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • COULD BE IN APPROX. SOUTHWESTERN PART OF TOWNSHIP. (LOCATION NOT SHOWN IN IC 6468). LOC. SHOWN IN REVIEW OF N 1/3 CALIF. MAP BY CJM&G JULY 1966

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST CRYSTALS WERE TOO SMALL OR FLAWED TO BE OF COMMERCIAL GRADE, BUT THOSE THAT WERE LARGE ENOUGH WERE VERY HIGH QUALITY. MANY CRYSTALS HAD A REDDISH COATING

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.16438, 41.45764
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CALCITE OCCURS AS VEINS, FROM A FEW INCHES TO AS MUCH AS 3' IN THICKNESS, THAT LIE IN ANDESITE OF MIOCENE AGE. WORKINGS CONSIST OF SINGLE OPEN CUT 25' LONG, 4 FT. WIDE, 15' DEEP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years INTERMITTENTLY 1920-1925

Comments on the production information

  • 1,000 OZ SOLD IN WINTER 1920-21

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., 1957, CALCITE (OPTICAL GRADE), IN WRIGHT, L.A., ED., MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 176, P. 99.

  • Deposit

    MURDOCH, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R.W., 1956, CALCITE, IN MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVBISION OF MINES BULLETIN 173, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., 1950, CALCITE (OPTICAL), IN MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 156, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, H.H., 1931, ICELAND SPAR AND OPTICAL FLUORITE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6468, P. 11.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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