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Smithwick and Noble Deposits

Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109374
MRDS ID M020008
Record type Site
Current site name Smithwick and Noble Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -121.59396, 39.66203 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 37.8 PERCENT MANGANESE AND 27.2 PERCENT SILICA.

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -121.59396, 39.66203
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 14 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1942

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-78 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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