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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033627
MRDS ID M020237
Record type Site
Current site name Wykoff Prospect
Related records 10189721

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.50976, 41.97483 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position NEAR CREST OF SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS, ABOUT 1 MI. S. OF OREGON LINE. 1.5 MI. BY TRAIL FROM JOHNSON GULCH GAP ON THE ROAD TO BOLAN MOUNTAIN, AND ANOTHER 55 MI. TO GRANTS PASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polar Bear 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 018N 006E 03,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SECTION 3 OR 10 , ALTITUDE DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH SECTIONS LISTED, UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 25 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.50976, 41.97483
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 15 E
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 FT. THICK MANGANESE ORE BODY DIPS 15 E., AND IS ENCLOSED IN A BODY OF RECRYSTALLIZED THIN-BEDDED CHERT STUDDED WITH LIMONITE PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER PYRITE. CHERT IS INTRUDED BY DIORITE. ORE IS HIGHLY OXIDIZED. RECRYSTALLIZED CHARACTER OF CHERT SUGGESTS RHODONITE IS PRIMARY ORE.

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. 280

  • 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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