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Buckeye Mine

Past Producer in Stanislaus 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 10262875
MRDS ID W017797
MAS/MILS ID 0060990002
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Mine
Related records 10072445

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.39382, 37.52822 (WGS84)
Elevation 576
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 005 S 005 E 03 C E2SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.39382, 37.52822
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N88E
    Dip 40N
    Thickness 3M
    Length 70M
    Width 70M
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N88E:40N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 15HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 15
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leo F Douglass,10611 Douglass Rd,Anaheim,Ca. 92806
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM.RI4560,1949

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL.152,1950

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL.125,1943

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Burnett 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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Authoritative California resources

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