USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Butte County
Bear Canyon
Unconfirmed Manganese Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Butte
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Manganese
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Mn mine located in the S½ sec. 34, T20N, R7E, MDM, 2.4 km (7,900 feet) NW of Clipper Mills, along a tributary of Oroleve Creek. Owned and operated by George W. Wooley Clipper Mills, California. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location i…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- George W Wooley · Source-reported owner · 1974
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Malachite
- Manganese Oxides
- Pyrite
- Rhodonite
- Tephroite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 74029
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.