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Ora Fino Prospect No. 1

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033621
MRDS ID M020230
Record type Site
Current site name Ora Fino Prospect No. 1
Related records 10141139

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.90195, 41.58095 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI. BY ROAD AND 1/2 MI. BY TRAIL S. W. OF FORT JONES. ON THE E. SIDE OF ORO FINO VALLEY, NEAR THE BASE OF CHAPPARAL HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 009W 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NE 1/4 SECTION 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 25 TO 30 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.90195, 41.58095
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 W
    Dip 25 NE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE ORE BED STRIKES N 55 W AND DIPS 25 N. E. ORE BED HAS 10 FT. MAXIMUM THICKNESS AND CAN BE TRACED FOR 75 FT. ALONG STRIKE. WALL ROCKS ARE QUARTZ SCHIST. ALL ROCKS ARE BADLY FAULTED. NO PRIMARY ORE IS PRESENT.

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. 277

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 185

Reporter information

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

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