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Cavaleri

Occurrence in Tehama 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033659
MRDS ID M020284
Record type Site
Current site name Cavaleri
Related records 10117794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.62498, 39.93903 (WGS84)
Relative position 37 MI. S. - S. W. OF RED BLUFF, 36 MI DUE W. OF CORNING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paskenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willows(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 007W 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN W 1/2 NW 1/4 SECTION 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.62498, 39.93903
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OUTCROP OF RED, GREEN AND BROWN THIN-BEDDED CHERTS WITHIN WHICH OCCURS A LAYER HIGHLY STAINED WITH BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE. CHERT IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY SERPENTINE. ORE BED DIPS STEEPLY INTO HILL. ITS FOOTWALL IS DENSE BRECCIATED GREEN CHERT. ABOVE ORE BED GREEN AND BROWN THIN-BEDDED CHERTS EXTEND TO SERPENTINE CONTACT. ORE HAS MASSIVE DENSE BANDED BROWN INNER PORTIONS SURROUNDED BY SELVEDGES OF HARD METALLIC APPEARING PSILOMELANE FOLLOWING JOINT FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES. IT IS APPARENTLY A DENSE SILICEOUS BROWN CARBONATE ORE.

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 PP. 298 - 299

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 193

Reporter information

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

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