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Lantz property, Diamond Mountain, Lassen County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 20' 39'' North , 120° 39' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.34444,-120.65694
GeoHash:
G#: 9r4jw2kr3
GRN:
N27W67
Type:
Property
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Johnstonville1,024 (2011)7.4km
Susanville15,247 (2017)8.0km
Janesville1,408 (2011)12.5km
Litchfield195 (2011)23.2km
Westwood1,647 (2011)29.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
81045
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:81045:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


An Fe occurrence/prospect located in sec. 36, T29N, R11E, and in sec. 29, T29N, R12E, MDM, 4.7 km (2.9 miles) NE of Diamond Mountain, along Lassen Creek (5 miles S of Susanville), on private land. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meters.

Mineralization is a float Fe deposit. The ore body is 12.9 meters wide and 76.2 meters long. Local rocks include Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges).

Workings include unspecified surface openings.

Deposit ore assayed at 62.8% Fe.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3

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OOxygen
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
FeIron
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3

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Link to USGS MRDS:10236300

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References

(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0060350123
O’Brien, J.C. (1943), Current notes on activity in the strategic minerals, Redding field district: California Division Mines (Report 39): 39(1): 79.
Jenkins, Olaf Pitt (1948), Iron Resources of California, California Division of Mines Bulletin 129: 293.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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