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Beegum

Occurrence in Tehama county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036235
MRDS ID M024307
Record type Site
Current site name Beegum
Alternate or previous names Patamocas
Related records 10117857

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.76554, 40.35874 (WGS84)
Relative position 40 MI NW OF RED BLUFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beegum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 008W 15,16,21,22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Lower Cretaceous marine rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EGENHOFF, E.L., 1948; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IRON-ORE RESOURCES OF CA; IRON RESOURCES OF CA. BULL. 129, DIV. OF MINES, P. 287

  • Deposit

    HODGE, E.T., 1935; RAW MATERIALS FOR A PACIFIC COAST IRON INDUSTRY; WAR DEPT. CORPS. ENG., U.S. ARMY, VOL. 3, AP. E-5, P.8.

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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