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Armstrong No. 3 Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033667
MRDS ID M020295
Record type Site
Current site name Armstrong No. 3 Prospect
Related records 10238840

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.3, 40.18318 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR CREST OF RIDGE BETWEEN ARMSTRONG AND VAN HORN CREEKS, TRIBUTARIES OF THE MAD RIVER, 79 MI. FROM ALTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shannon Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 003S 008E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 35 TO 45 PERCENT MANGANESE, 20 TO 30 PERCENT SILICA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.3, 40.18318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE ORE BED AVERAGES 2 FT. IN THICKNESS, STRIKES N. 5 W, DIPS 45 E, AND IS FAULTED OFF TO THE N. 140 FT. N. N.W. A BADLY FAULTED AND FOLDED SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE ORE BED IS EXPOSED, STRIKING ABOUT N 20 W, AND DIPPING 55 N. E. ORE IS COMPLEX CARBONATE NEOTOCITE MATERIAL, ONLY SLIGHTLY OXIDIZED. ORE SHOWS EVIDENCE OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, AND IS CUT BY THIN RHODOCHROSITE VEINS. SOME PYRITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA OR MALACHITE ARE 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 PP. 303 - 304

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 194

Reporter information

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

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