Bell Deposit

Occurrence in Lake 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 10030629
MRDS ID M008885
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Deposit
Related records 10261107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45718, 38.8471 (WGS84)
Relative position IN MORGAN VALLEY NEAR LOWER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jericho Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 005W 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45718, 38.8471

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OPALINE IRON MANGANESE ORE. FRANCISCAN OXIDE IN CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 124

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GRADE IS REPORTED AS LOW

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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