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Lowden

Occurrence in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090542
MRDS ID D000391
Record type Site
Current site name Lowden

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.93444, 40.66652 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weaverville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(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 033N 009W 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • TRINITY COUNTY REPORT GIVES A LOWDEN RANCH (INTERSTATE MINES, INC.) IN SEC. 23, WHICH IN 1940 WAS A DRAGLINE DREDGE OPERATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.93444, 40.66652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC UNIT TAKEN FROM LOCATION PLOTTED ON REDDING GEOLOGIC MAP; NO GEOOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 4, P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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