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Manganese King Mine

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. Materials information
  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 10033662
MRDS ID M020288
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese King Mine
Related records 10141552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.8986, 40.20402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position E. SIDE OF COLD FORK OF COTTONWOOD CREEK, NEAR ITS HEADWATERS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Yolla Bolly Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 009W 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN S 1/2 NE 1/4 SECTION 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 25 TO 30 PERCENT MANGANESE, AND ABOUT 25 PERCENT SILICA

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.8986, 40.20402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN 30 FT. THICK LENS OF THIN-BEDDED RED CHALCEDONIC CHERT WITH THIN SHALY PARTINGS. IT IS UNDERLAIN AND OVERLAIN BY GREENSTONE. UPPER GREENSTONE IS IN CONTACT WITH SERPENTINE ON THE SURFACE. FOLDING CAUSES LOCAL CHANGES IN STRIKE, AND FAULTING CAUSES SMALL OFFSETS. ORE OCCURS AS 2 BODIES, SEPARATED BY FAULTING. MAIN BODY TO THE N. IS ABOUT 100 FT. LONG AND 3 FT. THICK. ESTIMATED DEPTH IS 20 FT. SMALLER LENS OUTCROPS INTERMITTENTLY OVER 50 FT. PRIMARY ORE IS FINELY BANDED CHALCEDONIC MATERIAL, OFTEN CONTAINING THIN BANDS OF TAN RHODOCHROSITE, AND BANDS OF GRANULAR BEMENTITE.

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. 300

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TRASK, PARKER. NOTES ON THE MANGANESE RESOURCES OF CALIF, 1944 , UNPUB.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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