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W. A. Preston Property

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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  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 10030519
MRDS ID M008694
Record type Site
Current site name W. A. Preston Property
Related records 10284898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.06781, 40.87789 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position NE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arcata North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mad-Redwood(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 006N 001E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :COUNTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.06781, 40.87789
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCES OF IRON REPORTED; NO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN. SELECTED SAMPLES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE CONTAINED 52% FE. IN ONE CUT A SMALL LENS OF LOW GRADE MANGANESE ORE, ASSAYING 23% MANGANESE, WAS UNCOVERED

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT TUNNEL, SHALLOW INCLINE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, OCT. 1941, P. 516

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXI, P. 318

  • Deposit

    BULL. 179, FIG. 14; PSFC REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 160 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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