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Black Diamond Manganese Mine

Producer in Colusa 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109195
MRDS ID M007142
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond Manganese Mine
Related records 10284394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.61719, 39.37765 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 1/2 MI. W OF STONYFORD 1/2 MI. N OF BIG STONY CR. ON BOTH SIDES OF A SMALL TRIBUTARY. NE1/4 SEC. 34 SW1/4 SE1/4 SEC. 35

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colusa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stonyford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mendocino 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 Colusa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 007W 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SORTED ORE GRADE 40 TO 42 PERCENT MANGANESE, 2.58 PERCENT IRON, 23 PERCENT SILICA.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.61719, 39.37765
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENTICULAR MANGANESE OXIDE BODIES AVERAGE 2 BY 6 BY 8 FT., AND ARE SEPARATED BY BARREN CHERT AND INTERBEDDED SHALES THAT STRIKE N - S AND DIP 32 E. ORE OCCURS IN PLACES ALONG N - S. STRIKE OF 250 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bickford, A. R.

Comments on the production information

  • 85 TONS OF ORE HAVE BEEN PRODUCED, RUNNING 39.7 PERCENT MANGANESE IN 1943. ABOUT 30 TONS OF ORE ANALYZING 42 PERCENT MANGANESE STRIPPED AND SORTED IN 1955. SOME STRIPPING DONE IN 1956 BUT NO PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, OCT. 1943, P. 555

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. R.I. 5579 , PP. 4 , 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVEN CLAIMS. THREE OTHER LENSES OF MANGANESE CROP OUT WITHIN 100 TO 200 YARDS NORTH AND WEST OF THE BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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