The Morrison Rusty Ridge Standard Slag Co. Deposit is a iron mine located in Butte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Morrison Rusty Ridge Standard Slag Co. Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morrison Rusty Ridge Standard Slag Co. Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Production): OVER 750 TONS OF 63-67% FE MINED IN LATE 1950'S; 10,000 TONS IN 1960, WHICH WAS EXPORTED. 20' DEEP PIT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CONTACT METAMORPHIC TYPE. MAGNETITE AND SOME PYRITE IN MARBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, CATALOG, SURV. & DIR. NUMBER, APRIL 25, 1962, P. DM-10; USBM MIN. YEARBOOK, V. 3, 1960, P. 178
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 58
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. MIS V. 14, NO. 3, P. 4
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