Burney Pit

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Diatomite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256731
MAS/MILS ID 0060890630
Record type Site
Current site name Burney Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.58388, 41.00406 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dana(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McArthur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lassen 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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036 N 003 E 01 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.58388, 41.00406

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBL. 103, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.