Black Diamond 1 & 2

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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. 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036226
MRDS ID M024295
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond 1 & 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.22942, 40.90235 (WGS84)
Relative position ON EAST SLOPE OF HIRZ MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bollibokka Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

McCloud(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 003W 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.22942, 40.90235

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 121.92M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CA., COUNTY REPT. 6, CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 131

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSE MAGNETITE FLOAT, SOME MAGNETITE DUMP MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.