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Scott River Prospect

Occurrence in Siskiyou 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095198
MRDS ID M020233
Record type Site
Current site name Scott River Prospect
Related records 10140659

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.86779, 41.6079 (WGS84)
Relative position ON A STEEP CLIFF ON THE FORT JONES-GREENVILLE ROAD 1 MI. S. W. OF FORT JONES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Jones(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 009W 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 15 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.86779, 41.6079
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 LARGE AND NUMEROUS SMALL ANGULAR BLOCKS OF VERY SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE ORE IMBEDDED IN COARSE LANDSLIDE DEBRIS. NEARBY ORE CROPPINGS OF INTENSELY CONTORTED REDDISH QUARTZITE AND GNEISSIC QUARTZITE, STRIKING E. WITH VARIABLE DIP.

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. 279

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 185

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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