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Bevins-Busch

Producer in Mendocino 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109251
MRDS ID M010034
Record type Site
Current site name Bevins-Busch
Alternate or previous names Lee, Potter Valley
Related records 10115537

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.17831, 39.35098 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI. S. E. TO POTTER VALLEY POSTOFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redwood Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 012W 03,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • 4 WORKINGS, UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.17831, 39.35098
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. MASSVE PSILOMELANE 1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 FT. THICK EXPOSED IN 6 LENSES; FOOTWALL OF ORE BODY IS WELL-BEDDED RED RADIOLARIAN CHERT AND THE HANGING WALL IS MASSIVE CHERT THAT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT BRECCIATED. (D.O.M. BULL. 152, P. 112 INDICATES PRODUCTION AS HAVING BEEN ONLY 200 TONS, MOSTLY AFTER 1917). ; GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE PSILOMELANE ORE BODIES IN WELL-BEDDED RED RADIOLARIAN CHERT. SOME PYROLUSITE IS PRESENT. NUMEROUS FAULTS CUT THE ORE BODIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. A. Dickey Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 2,000 TO 3000 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED AT THIS PROPERTY BUT IT IS NOW IDLE AND CLAIMS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ABANDONED. IN 1923, IT WAS SAID MUCH LOW GRADE ORE REMAINED, OUTCROPPING AT INTERVALS FOR SEVERAL MI. ALONG RIDGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT., 1953, PP. 362-3, 384

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST 25, 1925, P. 463

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 112

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 133

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSVE PSILOMELANE 1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 FT. THICK EXPOSED IN 6 LENSES; FOOTWALL OF ORE BODY IS WELL-BEDDED RED RADIOLARIAN CHERT AND THE HANGING WALL IS MASSIVE CHERT THAT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT BRECCIATED. (D.O.M. BULL. 152, P. 112 INDICATES PRODUCTION AS HAVING BEEN ONLY 200 TONS, MOSTLY AFTER 1917)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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