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Black Diamond North Star

Producer in Glenn 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109216
MRDS ID M008653
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond North Star
Related records 10236140

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.60886, 39.40737 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 MI SW OF FRUTO BY ROAD, 1 1/2 MI. N.E. OF A.R. BICKFORD'S BLACK DIAMOND PROPERTY IN COLUSA COUNTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glenn(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stonyford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mendocino 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 Glenn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 007W 14,23 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 , 3 PROSPECTS, UTM APPROX. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.60886, 39.40737
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENS OF MANGANESE ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sehorn, A. W.

Comments on the production information

  • YIELDED ABOUT 100 TONS OF GOOD ORE IN 1917.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, STOPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 557; V. 48, NO. 1, JAN. 1952, PP. 38, 50

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, 1950, P. 57

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-279

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO CLAIMS. BODY OF ORE STRUCK IN DRIVING A TUNNEL ON A CU. PROSPECT WAS FIRST THOUGHT TO BE EXTENSIVE AS A WIDTH OF 40 FT. WAS EXPOSED. DEVELOPMENT, HOWEVER, REVEALED IT PINCHED OUT TO A NARROW STRINGER.

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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