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The Glidden Co.

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077526
MRDS ID W025222
Record type Site
Current site name The Glidden Co.
Alternate or previous names Barite No 1, Loftus, Barite No. 2, Marion
Related records 10262709

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.24971, 41.13568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Girard Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

McCloud(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 003W 18,19 California

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE EAST OF CASTELLA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result 88-96% BASO4

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 212
USGS model code 31b
Deposit model name Bedded barite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.24971, 41.13568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. L. Ralston

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, NO. 2, P. 114-115.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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