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Big Buck

Occurrence in Trinity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033670
MRDS ID M020299
Record type Site
Current site name Big Buck
Alternate or previous names Munson Group No. 1
Related records 10190343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.27222, 40.40263 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE LONG GULCH TRAIL, 1/2 MI. N. OF THE FOREST GLEN-HAYFORK ROAD, 1600 FT. W. OF THE MANGANESE CLAIM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naufus Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 001S 008E 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 4 , UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 10 PERCENT OR LESS MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.27222, 40.40263
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 15 S.W.
    Length 9.14M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OUTCROP OF MANGANESE CHERT 20 FT. WIDE, AND 30 FT. LONG, STRIKES N 40 W AND DIPS 15 S. W. CHERTY SHALE AND GREENSTONE ARE EXPOSED TO THE N. E. AND N. W. SERPENTINE EXPOSED IN A GULLY TO S. E. ORE IS PARTIALLY OXIDIZED BEMENTITE AND NEOTOCITE (?). BEMENTITE IS PARTLY COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, IN TABULAR CRYSTALS UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER, WITH THIN BLACK OXIDE COATING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 306

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 195

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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