Sierra Manganese

Occurrence in Plumas county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095179
MRDS ID M020087
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Manganese
Alternate or previous names Diaden Lode, Red Point, Edman.
Related records 10261228

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.09244, 39.89849 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MI. S. W. OF QUINCY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(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 024N 008E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • DIADON LODE IS ONE OF A GROUP OF 3 CLAIMS WHICH INCLUDE 20 ACRES IN THE EDMANTON DISTRICT, UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore
Iron Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.09244, 39.89849

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE AND RHODONITE OCCUR IN A QUARTZ VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH IRON OXIDE. VEIN STRIKES N 37 W, DIPS 60 N. E. DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY SUPERFICIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 175 - 176

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 153

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; 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

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