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Old Bill 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287868
MRDS ID M020336
MAS/MILS ID 0061050048
Record type Site
Current site name Old Bill Mine
Alternate or previous names Johnston Prospect, Lucky Bill Prospect, Lucky Bill
Related records 10095214

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.10671, 40.29125 (WGS84)
Elevation 1260
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

Pony Buck Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 028 N 011 W 09 SWNESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.10671, 40.29125
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 55W
    Thickness 2M
    Length 100M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N65W:55W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN-MINES & MIN RES TRINITY CO-CAL.DIV.MINES GEO.CO.RPT.

  • Deposit

    MORSE-UNPUB.RPT.CAL.STATE COUNCIL FOR DEFENSE,1918

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY 37TH RPT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST-CAL.DIV.OF MINES-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8-29-75-GOOD DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION IN UNPUBLISHED CDM RPT FROM 1918-S

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.

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