Boat Camp Claim

Occurrence in Shasta 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033603
MRDS ID M020207
Record type Site
Current site name Boat Camp Claim
Related records 10286330

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.06278, 40.31791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position NEAR W. BOUNDARY OF SHASTA COUNTY, ALONG SIDE OF A FOREST ROAD, 60 MI. FROM RED BLUFF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony Buck Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 011W 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 30 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.06278, 40.31791

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Length 1.22M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE DEPOSIT OF RHODONITE, BEMENTITE, AND RHODOCHROSITE OCCURS IN SMALL CHERT BODY COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY GREENSTONE. ORE BODY IS 4 FT. BY 4 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 266

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 182 , 65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 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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