Broken Hammer Prospect

Occurrence in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095211
MRDS ID M020311
Record type Site
Current site name Broken Hammer Prospect
Related records 10141932

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.49001, 40.21902 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MI. FROM ROAD, 10 MI. E. OF ALDER POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zenia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Eel(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 004S 006E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.49001, 40.21902

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS LOW GRADE ORE ZONE IS 7 FT. THICK

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. 312

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 196

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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