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West and Shaw 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 10033513
MRDS ID M020089
Record type Site
Current site name West and Shaw Deposit
Related records 10163989

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7216, 40.08377 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI. E. - N. E. OF TAYLORSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Genesee Valley(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
Mount Diablo 026N 011E 26,27 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7216, 40.08377
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IS A BEDDED DEPOSIT, CONTAINING SOME HIGH GRADE ORE. ASSAY GIVES 50 PERCENT MANGANESE, 1 PERCENT IRON, 2 PERCENT SILICA. ORE OF THIS GRADE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE FOUND AT DEPTH, AS MOST MINERALS IN REGION ARE MANGANESE SILICATES.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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