Bucking Camp Deposits No. 1 and 2

Occurrence in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033680
MRDS ID M020313
Record type Site
Current site name Bucking Camp Deposits No. 1 and 2
Related records 10141653

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.52612, 40.16429 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position NO. 1 IS 1 MI. FROM ALDER POINT ROAD, NO. 2 IS 1.5 MI. FROM ROAD, 8 MI. TO ALDER POINT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alderpoint(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 003S 006E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 1 IN NW 1/4 AND NO. 2 IN NE 1/4 OF SECTION 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result NO. 1 AVERAGE GRADE 25 PERCENT MANGANESE

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip 40 N. E.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NO. 2 IS SMALL LOWGRADE ORE BODY. NO. 1 ORE BED IS EXPOSED AT INTERVALS FOR 125 FT, WITH AVERAGE WIDTH OF 2 FT. ORE LIES IN RED CHERT AND STRIKES N 75 W, DIPPING 40 N. E. ORE IS OXIDE AT SURFACE, BUT PROBABLY GIVES WAY TO RHODOCHROSITE AT DEPTH.

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. 312

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 197

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 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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