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Rattlesnake 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10033708
MRDS ID M020347
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Claim
Related records 10190088

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.24333, 40.39902 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG A ROAD ABOUT 75 MI. FROM RED BLUFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dubakella Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 012W 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 6 PERCENT MANGANESE, AND PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 20 PERCENT IRON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.24333, 40.39902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BED 3 FT THICK STRIKES N 85 W, BUT DIP IS UNCERTAIN AS DEPOSIT MAY BE PART OF LANDSLIDE. ORE IS MANGANIFEROUS CHERT WHICH LIES IN CHERT IN A GREENSTONE REGION.

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. 202

Reporter information

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

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