Coleman Prospect

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 10030679
MRDS ID M008997
Record type Site
Current site name Coleman Prospect
Related records 10207950

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.77025, 38.86016 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI. W. OF COBB P.O. (IN 10-11N/8W) 2 MI. W. OF COLEMAN'S RANCH ROAD CROSSES CREEK AT SE RANCH CORNER. 29-12/9 IS IN MENDOCINO CO. 25TH REPT. SAYS IN 29-12/9. BULL 76 SAYS IN 29-12/9. ON HIGH VALLEY CR. NOTE: THIS CR. IS IN 8W. FAIR GRADE OF ORE IN PLACES. NO WORKABLE ORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Geysers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 008W 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.77025, 38.86016

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A BODY OF MASSIVE METAMORPHOSED RED AND VERMILLION CHERT, 20 TO 50 FT. THICK, TRENDS NORTHWEST ALONG HIGH VALLEY CREEK FOR 1300 TO 1400 FT. MANGANESE OXIDE STAINS FRACTURE PLANES IN CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 25, NO. 3, JULY 1929, P. 343

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 76, P. 37

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 152, P. 89; ADD. REF.: ECONOMIC MINERAL MAP OF CALIF., NO. 5 - MANGANESE, 1943.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO BODY OF WORKABLE SIZE DISCOVERED. THE PUBLICATIONS LISTED BELOW SHOW THIS MINE IN SEC. 29, BUT IF SO, IT WOULD BE IN MENDOCINO CO. THE ECONOMIC MINERAL MAP OF CALIFORNIA LOCATES IT IN SEC. 17.

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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