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Sunny Park Powell, Tade Prospect

Occurrence in Butte 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095075
MRDS ID M005557
Record type Site
Current site name Sunny Park Powell, Tade Prospect
Related records 10259693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.15465, 39.54516 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI N OF CLIPPER MILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clipper Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 007E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE 10 - 20 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.15465, 39.54516
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDES CHIEFLY PYROLUSITE AND IRON OXIDES INTERMINGLED WITH FINE GRAINED QUARTZITE (PROBABLY META-CHERT), AND CUT BY QUARTZ VEINLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. F. Powell
    Home office Clipper Mills, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION. SOME SAMPLES TESTED 40%

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULLETIN 152 (1950) P. 38; B. 125 (1943) P. 105

  • Deposit

    CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 26 , P. 408

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 76 , 1912 , P. 30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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