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Wool Mountain No. 1 and No. 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
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033732
MRDS ID M020376
Record type Site
Current site name Wool Mountain No. 1 and No. 2
Related records 10263392

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.54112, 40.16291 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MI. FROM ROAD, AND 7 MI. FROM ALDER POINT, NO. 1 IS 1/4 MI. W. OF BUCKING CAMP NO. 1 , AND NO. 2 LIES 700 FT. S. W. OF NO. 1

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 003S 006E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NE 1/4 SECTION 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE ESTIMATED 20 TO 35 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.54112, 40.16291
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Length 18.29M
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NO. 1 IS AN ORE BODY 6 FT. WIDE AND 60 FT. LONG IN THIN-BEDDED RED CHERT. STRIKE IS N 60 W AND DIP IS 80 TO 90 S. STOCKWORK ORE IS SIMILAR TO LADD MINE, WITH ESTIMATED GRADE OF 20 PERCENT MANGANESE. NO. 2 ORE BED, 3 FT. THICK, 3 FT. DEEP AND AT LEAST 12 FT. LONG, LIES IN THIN-BEDDED RED CHERT WHICH STRIKES N 40 E. FOLDING, FAULTING AND SLUMPING COMPLICATE THE STRUCTURE. ORE GRADE ESTIMATED 35 PERCENT MANGANESE.

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. 341

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 206

Reporter information

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

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