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Crawford Prospect

Occurrence in Siskiyou 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033610
MRDS ID M020217
Record type Site
Current site name Crawford Prospect
Related records 10116598

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.23475, 41.80233 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE W. SIDE OF GRIDER CREEK ABOUT 1000 FT. ABOVE THE CREEK. 1 1/2 MI. BY TRAIL FROM CHINA CREEK - MARBLE MOUNTAIN ROAD, 8 MI. FROM SEIAD VALLEY, AND 51 MI. FROM YREKA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seiad Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 012W 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result PURPLE MANGANIFEROUS CHERT IS 8 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.23475, 41.80233
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS LARGE FRAGMENTS OF MANGANIFEROUS CHERT ARE FOUND AT THE EDGE OF A LANDSLIDE BENCH ON THE STEEP W. WALL OF GRIDER CREEK CANYON. CHERT BELT CAN BE TRACED FOR 1/2 MI. ALONG THE NORTH STRIKE. BANDED RHODONITE QUARTZ ROCK IS FOUND IN PLACE AT S. END. REMAINDER OF ORE IS PURPLISH CHERT, METAMORPHOSED TO QUARTZITE. ASSOCIATED ROCKS ARE DIORITE, GABBRO, HORNBLENDITE AND SERPENTINE, OCCURRING AS LANDSLIDE FLOAT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 273

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 183

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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