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Ochre No. 1 and Ochre No. 2

Occurrence in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Mineral Pigments
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028454
MRDS ID M005423
Record type Site
Current site name Ochre No. 1 and Ochre No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.568, 39.87987 (WGS84)
Relative position W 1/2 SE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stirling City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

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 023N 004E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mineral Pigments Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mineral Paint Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.568, 39.87987
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dorra M. And Le Roy E. Black
    Home office Chula Vista, Ca.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45, #3, P. 449

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 36 ACRES PATENTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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