Shell View No. 1

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033713
MRDS ID M020353
Record type Site
Current site name Shell View No. 1
Related records 10238933

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.51528, 40.11652 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 10 MI FROM ALDER POINT ON W. SIDE OF DEEP CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jewett 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 004S 006E 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 15 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.51528, 40.11652

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3.05M
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: INCLUSION OF THIN-BEDDED MANGANIFEROUS CHERT IN GREENSTONE BODY. ORE BODY IS ABOUT 10 FT. LONG, 1 FT. WIDE, AND CONSISTS MAINLY OF BEMENTITE.

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 P. 334

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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