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Lucky Sunday and Billy Sunday Claims

Producer 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033701
MRDS ID M020338
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Sunday and Billy Sunday Claims
Related records 10141510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.23778, 40.15374 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF MAD RIVER, 0.3 MI. FROM ROAD UP S. FORK OF MAD RIVER TO BLUE JAY MINE, 75 MI. FROM CARLOTTA ON NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swim Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mad-Redwood(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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
Mount Diablo 027N 012W 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON NW 1/4 SECTION 32 , LUCKY SUNDAY CLAIM ORIGINALLY LIES N. W. OF BILLY SUNDAY CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE AVERAGES 40 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.23778, 40.15374
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE LOCATED IN 3 PLACES, AND BEDS STRIKE N 35 W, AND DIP NEARLY VERTICALLY. ON N. W. END OF CLAIM, A 4 FT. BED OF MANGANESE ORE LIES IN THIN-BEDDED FRANCISCAN CHERT STRIKING N 35 W AND DIPPING 35 N. E. ORE IS LEACHED OXIDE AND CHERTY OXIDE ORE. PRIMARY ORE IS A BUFF, CHALCEDONIC, MANGANIFEROUS CHERT WITH BANDS OF GRANULAR TAN RHODOCHROSITE. CARBONATE MAKES UP 15 PERCENT OF ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 323

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 200

Reporter information

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

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