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Hanes Creek

Producer in Humboldt 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109217
MRDS ID M008693
Record type Site
Current site name Hanes Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.07197, 40.89205 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Relative position 3 MI. N. OF ARCATA, 1/2 MI. FROM NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD ON JONES CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arcata North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eureka(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 006N 001E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 40 PERCENT MANGANESE, 15 PERCENT SILICA.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.07197, 40.89205
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Main Ore Body Is Faulted.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 80 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLACK OXIDE ORE BODY IS NEARLY VERTICAL, ENCLOSED IN DECOMPOSED FELDSPATHIC ROCK, PROBABLY TUFF. SHALE IS INTERBEDDED, AND A ZONE OF CHERT NODULES IS PARALLEL TO THE ORE 2 OR 3 FEET AWAY. JOINTS IN THE FAULTED ORE BODY ARE COATED WITH STICKY YELLOW CLAY OR OCHER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner William Dawkins And Associates

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 12 TONS OF ORE MINED. IN THE FIELD, THE AVERAGE GRADE OF THE ORE BODY WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 40 PERCENT MANGANESE AND 15 PERCENT SILICA. A SAMPLE COLLECTED FOR ANALYSIS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE FACE GAVE MANGANESE, 41.5 PERCENT IRON, 5.5 PERCENT;SILICA, 8.1 PERCENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 69-70

  • Deposit

    PSFC REPORT. BULL. 176, FIG. 1

  • Deposit

    MAS BACKUP FILE WFOC, OCT. 1941 , P. 506

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOWN IN BULL. 176; MR-23, NOT SHOWN ON FIG. 13, BULL. 179.

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

Beyond USGS

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