Diadem Lode Deposit

Prospect in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Manganese, Silica
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261228
MRDS ID M020087
MAS/MILS ID 0060630157
Record type Site
Current site name Diadem Lode Deposit
Alternate or previous names Sierra Manganese Deposit, Sierra Manganese, Red Point
Related records 10095179

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.09245, 39.89768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1464
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(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 024 N 008 E 33 C W2NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.09245, 39.89768

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 60N
    Thickness 5M
    Length 50M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 PEGMATITE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40W:60N
    Minimum Depth to Top 2
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 3HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Collum, David J. And Arlene B.
    Interest 50
    Home office California
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Charlton, Hale K. And Shirley J.
    Interest 50
    Home office Rt.1,Box 408, Quincy,Cal.
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRASK-GEO DESCRIPT MN DEPS OF CAL-CAL DIV OF MINES BUL.152-A

  • Deposit

    14 MI SW OF QUINCY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10-8-75-THE DEPOSIT WAS NOT LOCATED, BUT MUCH QTZ & SLATE FL 10-8-75-A LODE CLAIM EXTENDS FROM NEAR NW-CORNER SEC 33 IN DI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.