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Dickie Bird Deposit

Producer in Plumas 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033508
MRDS ID M020081
Record type Site
Current site name Dickie Bird Deposit
Related records 10115725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.97605, 40.08737 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR CREEK BOTTOM, 6 MI. W. OF CRESCENT MILLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 009E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result RESERVES ESTIMATED 25 PERCENT MANGANESE

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. W.
    Dip STEEP

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE CONSISTS OF SMALL LENSES OF RHODONITE AND BEMENTITE. ORE BODY STRIKES N. W. AND DIPS STEEPLY. RELATIVELY LITTLE OXIDE IS PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 175

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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