Siskiyou Fork Trail

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029780
MRDS ID M007550
Record type Site
Current site name Siskiyou Fork Trail
Related records 10138309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.81171, 41.88176 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017N 003E 11,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 10 OR 11 , UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 30.6 PERCENT MANGANESE, 3.24 PERCENT IRON , 35.08 PERCENT SILICA

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.81171, 41.88176

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE FILM ON SCHIST, EXPOSURE OF MANGANESE OXIDE IS 5 FT. WIDE AND SEVERAL FT. LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • UNCOMMERCIAL. IDLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT., 1952, P. 308

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I. 5579, P. 6

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 50

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 110

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPOSURE OF MN 5' WIDE AND SEVERAL FEET LONG; 30.6% MN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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