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Morrison Rusty Ridge Standard Slag Co. Deposit

Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028499
MRDS ID M005498
Record type Site
Current site name Morrison Rusty Ridge Standard Slag Co. Deposit
Related records 10162932

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.45578, 39.99376 (WGS84)
Relative position IN TABLE MOUTAIN AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kimshew Point(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)

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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 005E 30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.45578, 39.99376
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONTACT METAMORPHIC TYPE. MAGNETITE AND SOME PYRITE IN MARBLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • OVER 750 TONS OF 63-67% FE MINED IN LATE 1950'S; 10,000 TONS IN 1960, WHICH WAS EXPORTED. 20' DEEP PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 58

  • Deposit

    CALIF. MIS V. 14, NO. 3, P. 4

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, CATALOG, SURV. & DIR. NUMBER, APRIL 25, 1962, P. DM-10; USBM MIN. YEARBOOK, V. 3, 1960, P. 178

Reporter information

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

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