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Live Oak Deposit

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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030600
MRDS ID M008816
Record type Site
Current site name Live Oak Deposit
Related records 10138913

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.54723, 40.15096 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position FEW HUNDRED FEET W. OF THE E. BORDER OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alderpoint(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 004S 006E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUANTITY TOO SMALL TO BE OF ECONOMIC VALUE

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 45 PERCENT MANGANESE

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Characterized By Landslides

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 W
    Dip 15 NE
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT LIES IN THIN BEDDED RED CHERT ADJACENT TO LARGE MASS OF GREENSTONE. A THIN LENS OF OXIDE 6 INCHES EXPOSED FOR 6 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rae F. Helmke

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, P. 70

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

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