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Arnold

Occurrence in Nevada 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031688
MRDS ID M010883
Record type Site
Current site name Arnold

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.11409, 39.08906 (WGS84)
Relative position ON LIME KILN RANCH 2.5 MI. BY ROAD WEST OF HIGHWAY BT. AUBURN AND GRASS VALLEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Combie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 008E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADE ESTIMATED 45 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.11409, 39.08906
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO ORE POCKETS OF HIGH GRADE PSILOMELANE AND SOOTY BLACK OXIDE, ENCLOSED IN CHERT, WHICH IS ENCLOSED IN GREENSTONE AND A HIGHLY ALTERED IGNEOUS ROCK WEATHERED LARGELY TO CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Max P Arnold

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1940-42. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED. ABOUT 2 OR 3 TONS MINED AND PLACED IN A STOCK PILE. APPARENTLY THIS WAS THE ENTIRE QUANTITY OF ORE PRESENT.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZED CUT 50 X30 FT. AND 10 FT. DEEP AND ONE SHAFT 20 FT. DEEP. SHAFT FULL OF WATER & CUT CAVED IN 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125, P. 147

  • Deposit

    BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 161-2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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