The Black Diamond North Star is a manganese mine located in Glenn county, California.
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Mine Info
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Black Diamond North Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Diamond North Star
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Glenn
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sehorn, A. W.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LENS OF MANGANESE ORE
Comment (Deposit): TWO CLAIMS. BODY OF ORE STRUCK IN DRIVING A TUNNEL ON A CU. PROSPECT WAS FIRST THOUGHT TO BE EXTENSIVE AS A WIDTH OF 40 FT. WAS EXPOSED. DEVELOPMENT, HOWEVER, REVEALED IT PINCHED OUT TO A NARROW STRINGER.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN NW 1/4 , 3 PROSPECTS, UTM APPROX. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): YIELDED ABOUT 100 TONS OF GOOD ORE IN 1917.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL, STOPE
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 557; V. 48, NO. 1, JAN. 1952, PP. 38, 50
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 152, 1950, P. 57
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-279
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