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Manganese Nos. 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 Claims

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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10033620
MRDS ID M020228
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Nos. 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 Claims
Related records 10165204

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.35864, 41.71594 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE W. SIDE OF ELK CREEK ALONG ELK CREEK ROAD. 9 MI. BY ROAD FROM HAPPY CAMP AND 84 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

Huckleberry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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
Humboldt 015N 007E 01,12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE LESS THAN 5 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.35864, 41.71594
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THICK SERIES OF MASSIVE CRYSTALLINE CHERT IS EXPOSED FOR 1000 FT, AND FORMS STEEP CLIFFS ALONG ELK CREEK. TO THE N., THE CHERT STRIKES N 30 E, DIPS 50 S. E., AND OVERLIES THIN-BEDDED SHALY CHERT. TO THE S., THE CHERT IS IN INTRUSIVE OR FAULT CONTACT WITH OLIVINE GABBRO. CHERT IS INTENSELY CONTORTED BANDS OF RED AND PURPLE CHERT ALTERNATING WITH THIN DARK BANDS, WHICH MAY BE MANGANIFEROUS. SOME MANGANESE OXIDE OCCURS AS FILMS ON CHERT.

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. 276

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 184

Reporter information

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

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