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Lost Soldier Deposit

Occurrence in Plumas 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033509
MRDS ID M020084
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Soldier Deposit
Related records 10286061

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91048, 40.05877 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI. S. W. OF TAYLORSVILLE, CLOSE TO CANNON PROSPECT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025N 010E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • DISTRICT INCLUDES BLACK JACK, BLACK HORSE, SOCIAL BRAY, MELVILLE, PARSONS, SCHELLENGER, KENZIE, GROSSE, BLACK BIRD, BLACK ROCK, GROCE, AND RED ROCK DEPOSITS
  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 20 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91048, 40.05877
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY S. W.

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT BOTTOM OF STOPING, ORE IS CUT OFF, NEAR THIS POINT ORE IS SURROUNDED BY CLAY NODULES, SUGGESTING A FAULT. ; GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC FLOWS AND FRAGMENTAL ROCKS ARE CUT BY FISSURES THAT TREND APPROXIMATELY NORTH AND DIP STEEPLY W. IN PLACES THE VOLCANIC ROCKS ARE BRECCIATED FOR A SHORT DISTANCE ON THE SIDES OF THE FISSURES. SEVERAL SETS OF FISSURES ARE PRESENT, ONE EXTENDS FOR 4000 FT. ACROSS THE AREA. ORE IS FOUND IN SHOOTS UP TO 400 FT. IN LENGTH AND 5 FT. IN WIDTH. ORE OCCURS IN WELL DEFINED VEINS CUTTING QUARTZ PORPHYRY, AND CONSISTS MAINLY OF MASSIVE PSILOMELANE, SOME PYROLUSITE, CALCITE AND ROCK FRAGMENTS.
  • GEOL.DESC: PRIMARY MINERALS ARE BEMENTITE AND RHODONITE. RELATIVELY LITTLE OXIDE IS PRESENT. DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO CANNON PROSPECT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 8500 TONS OF 20-42% MN ORE, 1942-45.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND SHORT TUNNELS, TWO PRINCIPAL AREAS: TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH 350 FT WITH A 150 FT WINZE AT PORTAL, THE OTHER AREA IS AN UNDERHAND STOPE 125 FT LONG, 6-20 FT WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 175

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 152

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN STREAKS 1.5-4.0 FT WIDE AND IS MIXED WITH BRECCIATED WALL ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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