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Rattlesnake

Occurrence in Lake 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095093
MRDS ID M008877
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake
Related records 10163516

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.43968, 38.77182 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 MI. E. OF MIDDLETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jericho Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 005W 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.43968, 38.77182
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS LARGE BLOCKS OF MANGANIFEROUS IRON ORE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH GREENSTONE AND SERPENTINE. THE RED IRON ORE IS BRITTLE, STAINED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE, WITH SOME SMALL POCKETS OF GOOD GRADE MANGANESE ORE. OCCASIONAL BANDS OF RED TO BROWN JASPER ARE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O. E. Hermann

Comments on the production information

  • NO PROD.

Comments on the workings information

  • MANGANIFEROUS IRON ORE IN GREENSTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 125, 1943, P. 127

  • Deposit

    CALIF. BULL. 152, P. 97

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8' BLOCKS OF SILICEOUS ORE IN AN AREA 60 X 40'.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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