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Bear Canyon Mine

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. 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 10028529
MRDS ID M005552
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Canyon Mine
Related records 10114282

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.17715, 39.54821 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clipper Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 020N 007E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE 45 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Calaveras Complex
    Rock description Calaveras Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 10.67M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOSTED IN CALAVERAS SERIES - L. ; GEOL.DESC: PRIMARY ORE IS RHODONITE, WITH PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CALCITE, MALACHITE, AND MANGANESE OXIDES. 4 FT. WIDE VEIN TRACED FOR 35 FT.; PINCHES TO 18 IN. AT ONE END, GRADES INTO QUARTZ AT THE OTHER END.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George W. Wooley
    Home office Clipper Mills, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • AN ORE BODY OF MANGANESE OXIDE CONTAINING 40% ORE PRODUCED 220 TONS IN 1916, AVERAGING 45 PERCENT MANGANESE AND 10 PERCENT SILICA. IDLE NOW. TOTAL PRODUCTION 150 TO 999 TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: R. 26, P. 408; B. 152 (1950) P. 35; B. 125, P. 104

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 60

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME REPORTS SHOW IN SEC. 34, OR 35

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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