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Phillips

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10109227
MRDS ID M009035
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips
Related records 10212429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.97859, 39.14376 (WGS84)
Elevation 686
Relative position 1.5 MI BY TRAIL FROM LAUREL DELL AND IS ON THE SUMMIT OF A HIGH PEAK WHICH IS S.42 E. OF THE LAUREL DELL HOTEL. UKIAH IS 21 MI. FROM LAUREL DELL BY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

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 015N 010W 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 16 (GRANDVIEW WHITE ROCK) MINE SYMBOL ON TOPO MAP. MINE CONSISTS OF WORKINGS NOS. 1 TO 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 45 TO 50 PERCENT METALLIC MANGANESE AND 10 PERCENT SILICA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.97859, 39.14376
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: RADIOLARIAN CHERT IS INTERCALATED IN SANDSTONE OF THE FRANCISCAN GROUP. THE CHERT STRIKES N. DIPS STEEPLY W, AND YIELDS MANGANESE ORE. THE ORE OCCURS AS LENSES IN CHERT, AND IS MOSTLY SOFT, BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE WITH A DULL METALLIC LUSTER. ORE LENSES ARE PARALLEL TO CHERT BEDDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. S. Phillips

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 150 TO 999 TONS. MINED OUT?

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 125, 1943, P. 127

  • Deposit

    CALIF. BULL. 152, PP. 95-97

  • Deposit

    CDM MAP SHEET 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE WAS JUDGED TO RUN ABOUT 45 TO 50% OF METALLIC MANGANESE AND 10% OF SILICA. LARGE BROS. SHIPPED MN IN 1954 3RD LARGEST PRODUCER IN CO. IN ABOUT 1960. COUNTRY ROCK IS RADIOLARIAN CHERT.

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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