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Buckeye Mine

Producer in Stanislaus 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033644
MRDS ID M020259
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Mine
Alternate or previous names Wright

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.39546, 37.52714 (WGS84)
Relative position 23 MI. BY ROAD FROM TRACY, AND 16 MI FROM VERNALIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanislaus(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Tree Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Stanislaus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 005E 02,03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 42 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.39546, 37.52714
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.35M
    Length 67.06M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: TWO ORE BODIES ABOUT 600 FT. APART ACROSS STRIKE, LIES IN MASSIVE WHITE CHERT WHICH STRIKES W. AND DIPS ABOUT 60 N. THE S. ORE BODY IS ABOUT 125 FT. LONG, 100 FT. DEEP DOWN THE DIP. THE MAXIMUM THICKNESS IS 9 FT., AND AVERAGES 5 FT., AND THE MAXIMUM WIDTH IS 10 FT. THE STRIKE OF THE ORE IS E., AND THE DIP IS 30 TO 45 N. THE N. ORE BODY IS ABOUT 220 FT. LONG, AND HAS BEEN EXPLORED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT. BELOW THE HIGHEST OUTCROP. MAXIMUM THICKNESS IS 11 FT., WITH AVERAGE OF 8 FT. ORE BODY IS SHARPLY FLEXED AT BOTH ENDS. IT STRIKES W. AND DIPS 50 TO 60 N. THE ORE IS 50 FT. OF OXIDE AT UPPER LEVEL, BELOW WHICH IS GRAY RHODOCHROSITE AND BEMENTITE. THE S. ORE BODY IS MOSTLY MASSIVE DENSE BLACK OXIDE, MANGANESE CARBONATE, AND SOME BEMENTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 287 - 289

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 189

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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