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Rainy Day Claim

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. 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 10033707
MRDS ID M020346
Record type Site
Current site name Rainy Day Claim
Related records 10263255

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.23833, 40.11707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position ABOUT 100 YARDS ABOVE ROAD TO BLUE JAY MINE.

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

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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
Mount Diablo 026N 012W 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.23833, 40.11707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 30 S. W.
    Length 6.1M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BOULDER 20 FT. LONG AND 4 FT. IN WIDTH, WHICH STRIKES N 40 W, AND DIPS 30 S. W. IT LIES IN SEQUENCE OF CHERT THAT EXTENDS N FROM BLUE JAY MINE TOWARD HAYDEN ROUGHS. OUTCROP APPEARS TO BE FLOAT BOULDER IN SOIL, AND CONSISTS OF HIGH-GRADE FINE GRAINED RHODOCHROSITE.

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. 332

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 201

Reporter information

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

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