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Lucky Sunday Mine

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Manganese, Silica
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10141510
MRDS ID M020338
MAS/MILS ID 0061050050
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Sunday Mine
Alternate or previous names Billy Sunday Deposits
Related records 10033701

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.24001, 40.15405 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swim Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mad-Redwood(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027 N 012 W 32 N2NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -123.24001, 40.15405
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 34N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 20M
    Width 5M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N20E:34N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 6HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1943

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Federal Government-Six Rivers Nat. Forest
    Interest 100
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL.152,1950

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Deino, Al U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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