Black Oak Mine

Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033675
MRDS ID M020305
Record type Site
Current site name Black Oak Mine
Related records 10141713

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.52806, 40.23457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position ABOUT 10 MI. FROM ALDER POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alderpoint(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 006E 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.52806, 40.23457

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 TO 5 FT. WIDE ORE BODY DIPS VERTICALLY AND LIES IN BELT OF THIN-BEDDED RED CHERT THAT EXTENDS TO THE N. W. FOR MORE THAN 700 FT. ORE BODY CAN BE TRACED FOR MORE THAN 40 FT., AND CONSISTS OF HIGHLY SILICEOUS OXIDE, WHICH APPEARS TO LESSEN IN GRADE WITH INCREASING DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 307

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 196

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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