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Sunset 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033512
MRDS ID M020088
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Deposit
Related records 10261934

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.07299, 40.13709 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI. S OF ALMANOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyondam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Almanor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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
Mount Diablo 026N 008E 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 30 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.07299, 40.13709
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SIMILAR TO OTHER SMALL SILICATE DEPOSITS IN THE REGION. RELATIVELY LITTLE OXIDE ORE IS PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 176

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 153

Reporter information

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

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