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Smith

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031697
MRDS ID M010900
Record type Site
Current site name Smith

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10492, 39.02156 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI. BY ROAD N. OF AUBURN, 2 MI. S. 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 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10492, 39.02156
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE LIES IN THICK BELT, 100 TO 500 FT. THICK, WHICH INCLUDES MASSIVE WHITE AND RED CHERT, BEDDED WHITE AND RED CHERT WITH SHALE PARTINGS, AND GREENISH CHERTS, ALL CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS, AND SOME STAINED BY MANGANESE. CHERTS STRIKE N 20 W TO N - S, DIP 40 TO 80 NE. ORE IS MAINLY RHODONITE BEDS, 6 INCHES TO 2 FT. THICK, COATED WITH BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES, CONTAINING A FEW POCKETS AND VEINS OF OXIDE. MASSIVE BROWN MANGANESE CARBONATE AND SOME NEOTOCITE OVERLIES THE RHODONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George A. Smith (Leased By Manga-Chrome)
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1940-42. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 15-FT. DEEP; OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 167-8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COULD THIS BE THE PROSPECT SHOWN SOME 500 FT. E. OF THE CTR. OF THIS SECTION, ON US GEOL. SURVEY QUAD. LAKE COMBIE, CALIF., 1950

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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