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Black Buttes

Occurrence in Glenn county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030506
MRDS ID M008665
Record type Site
Current site name Black Buttes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.80859, 39.72903 (WGS84)
Relative position PROSPECT IN NE1/4 NW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glenn(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plaskett Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willows(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mendocino 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 Glenn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 008W 30,31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.80859, 39.72903
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J. C. AND BRAUN, C. T., 1952 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GLENN COUNTY, CA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 48 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 37 AND 48

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN BUNCHES, NO VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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