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Little Deer Prospect No. 1 and 2

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. Nearby scientific data
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  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033698
MRDS ID M020334
Record type Site
Current site name Little Deer Prospect No. 1 and 2
Alternate or previous names Trinkle and Purcell
Related records 10142002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.22667, 40.01763 (WGS84)
Relative position ON BRUSHY MOUNTAIN, 25 MI. FROM COVELO, 3 MI. TO JUNCTION OF HULL CREEK AND NORTHFORK OF THE EEL RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Four Corners Rock(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

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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 012W 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 2 IS NEAR S. CENTER SECTION 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 15 TO 28 PERCENT MANGANESE, 47 TO 67 PERCENT SILICA, FOR PROSPECT NO. 2 . ORE GRADE 16.7 PERCENT MANGANESE, 62.9 PERCENT SILICA FOR PROSPECT NO.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.22667, 40.01763
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NO. 2 ORE BODY ENCLOSED IN THIN-BEDDED RED TO GREY CHERT, AND IS CONTINUOUS FOR AT LEAST 75 FT. ORE BODY IS CUT OFF BY A FAULT ON ITS S. END. ORE BODY IS 12 FT. WIDE AT N. END, IS SILICEOUS AND CONSISTS OF BLACK OXIDE ORE CONTAINING NUMEROUS CORES OF IRON STAINED SILICA SKELETONS. S. PART OF ORE BODY IS LESS SILICEOUS. NO. 1 IS A BODY OF LOW GRADE SILICEOUS ORE. ORE IS IN THIN-BEDDED CHERT, SEPARATED BY SOFT SHALE PARTINGS. MANGANESE IS PRESENT IN VEINLETS AND AS IMPREGNATIONS IN CHERT.

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. 320 - 321

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 199 - 200

Reporter information

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

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