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Lost Mine Deposit

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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077859
MRDS ID W025918
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Mine Deposit
Related records 10165771

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.27833, 40.20068 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position ON E. SIDE OF MAD RIVER, ABOUT 2 MI. E. OF DOUBLE A RANCH, 0.3 MI. BY TRAIL FROM ROAD ON OTHER SIDE OF MAD RIVER, 72 MI. FROM RAILROAD AT CARLOTTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shannon Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mad-Redwood(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 003S 008E 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 20 TO 30 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.27833, 40.20068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IS MAINLY STOCKWORK ORE IN CHERT. STRIKE IS N.W. AND DIP IS VERTICAL. MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ORE BODY IS 10 FT. AT CUT 3 MANGANIFEROUS WHITE CHERT RESTS AGAINST SANDSTONE AND SHALE. ORE TONGUES OUT AND ENDS ABRUPTLY AGAINST SANDSTONE AND SHALE.

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

    CHARLES R WARREN JULY 30 1941

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 320

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 200

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative California resources

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