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Windbigler No. 1

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030550
MRDS ID M008739
Record type Site
Current site name Windbigler No. 1
Related records 10236570

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.71251, 40.3754 (WGS84)
Relative position W. SIDE OF CHARLES MOUNTAIN, 1 MI FROM THE ROAD TO CHARLES MOUNTAIN MINE, AND 24 MI. FROM ALDERPOINT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Larabee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Eel(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 001S 004E 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY SECTION 15 , SHOWN IN 15 ON FIGURE 7 PSFC REPORT, UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 45 PERCENT MANGANESE

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS BOULDERS AND FRAGMENTS OF MANGANESE ORE ON EAST SIDE OF LANDSLIDE BENCH. FRAGMENTS RANGE IN WEIGHT FROM A FEW POUNDS TO 600 POUNDS. THE SOURCE OF THE ORE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James And Joseph Warren

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTING HAS BEEN CARRIED ON TO A DEPTH OF 6 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, 1950, P. 72

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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