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View Point Prospect

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  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 10028531
MRDS ID M005554
Record type Site
Current site name View Point Prospect
Related records 10235544

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.16771, 39.54794 (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 34,35 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 34 OR 35 , LOC. APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.16771, 39.54794
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 12.19M
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS MANGANESE ORE, CUT ON LEDGE EXPOSES 12 INCHES SILICA, BELOW WHICH IS 12 INCHES SUGARY QUARTZ WITH SOME CRYSTALLIZED MANGANESE OXIDE AND 4 FT. OF MANGANESE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. C. Binet
    Home office Clipper Mills, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE IN 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES REPORT 26, P. 408; BULLETIN 152 (1950) P. 38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS OF SILICEOUS MANGANESE ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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