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Mebam

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031689
MRDS ID M010887
Record type Site
Current site name Mebam

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.08825, 39.07989 (WGS84)
Relative position IT IS 0.3 MI. BY TRAIL E OF WOLF CREEK ROAD. ABOUT 1 MI. N. OF MANGACHROME MINE

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 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 11.42 PERCENT MANGANESE, 35.69 PERCENT IRON, 20.5 PERCENT SILICA.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.08825, 39.07989
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE LIES IN A BELT OF MASSIVE TO THICK-BEDDED RED CHERT, WHICH STRIKES N 30 TO 45 W., AND DIPS 70 TO ALMOST 90 N.E. 5 TO 10 FT. WIDE OUTCROPS OF "STOCKWORK" ORE PENETRATED BY MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. R. Mebam, Bob Cole

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PROSPECT PITS SITUATED AT INTERVALS OVER A DISTANCE OF 1,500' ALONG THE TOP OF THE RIDGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125, P. 148

  • Deposit

    BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 164-5

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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