The Lucky Sunday and Billy Sunday Claims is a manganese mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.15389, -123.23667
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Lucky Sunday and Billy Sunday Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Sunday and Billy Sunday Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE AVERAGES 40 PERCENT MANGANESE.
Materials
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON NW 1/4 SECTION 32 , LUCKY SUNDAY CLAIM ORIGINALLY LIES N. W. OF BILLY SUNDAY CLAIM
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE LOCATED IN 3 PLACES, AND BEDS STRIKE N 35 W, AND DIP NEARLY VERTICALLY. ON N. W. END OF CLAIM, A 4 FT. BED OF MANGANESE ORE LIES IN THIN-BEDDED FRANCISCAN CHERT STRIKING N 35 W AND DIPPING 35 N. E. ORE IS LEACHED OXIDE AND CHERTY OXIDE ORE. PRIMARY ORE IS A BUFF, CHALCEDONIC, MANGANIFEROUS CHERT WITH BANDS OF GRANULAR TAN RHODOCHROSITE. CARBONATE MAKES UP 15 PERCENT OF ROCK.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 323
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 200
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