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Buffalo Hill

Occurrence in El Dorado 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030032
MRDS ID M007943
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Hill
Related records 10260226

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84519, 38.90683 (WGS84)
Relative position JUST W. OF GEORGETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 010E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY NE 1/4 SECTION 10 , UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY 11.7 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84519, 38.90683
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 E
    Dip 50 - 60 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOW GRADE MANGANESE OXIDE IN META-SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ASSAYS 11.7 PERCENT MANGANESE. THE QUANTITY OF ORE PRESENT IS SMALL AND THE DEPOSIT IS NOT PROMISING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 575

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, P. 51

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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