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Braito Mine

Producer in Plumas 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 10072360
MRDS ID W017600
Record type Site
Current site name Braito Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.95272, 40.07876 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Relative position 3 MI. S.W. OF CRESCENT MILLS, 4 MI. N.W. OF MOUNT HOUGH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 46 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.95272, 40.07876
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 18.29M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOSTED IN CALAVERAS SERIES - L. ; GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO MOUNT HOUGH, ASSOCIATED WITH RED CHERT LENS INTERBEDDED WITH SLATE AND QUARTZ SERICITE SCHIST OF THE CALAVERAS GROUP (ARLINGTON FORMATION). GENERAL STRIKE IS N 40 TO 43 W, DIPPING 50 TO 55 S.W. ORE VEIN CONSISTS OF HARD, MASSIVE PSILOMELANE, AND SOFT PYROLUSITE. RHODONITE VEINS AND GRANULAR RHODONITE WITH ALBITE ARE PRESENT. THE MAIN ORE CONSISTS OF BRAUNITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 172 - 173

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 151

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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