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Shell View No. 2

Producer in Trinity 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109407
MRDS ID M020354
Record type Site
Current site name Shell View No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.515, 40.11957 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 10 MI. FROM ALDER POINT, ON E. SIDE OF DEEP CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jewett Rock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 004S 006E 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 35 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.515, 40.11957
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N.W.
    Dip 55 N.E.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BODY OF RHODOCHROSITE, RHODONITE, BEMENTITE, AND PERHAPS INESITE, LYING IN THIN-BEDDED BUFF CHERT. STRIKE IS N. W. AND DIP IS 55 N. E. ORE BODY EXPOSED FOR AT LEAST 40 FT. ON FACE OF CANYON WALL, WITH AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 5 FT. BEDDED DEPOSIT IN CHERT HAS BEEN HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED. RHODONITE SEEMS TO HAVE REPLACED RHODOCHROSITE, AND IS ALSO CUT BY LATE VEINS OF RHODOCHROSITE. IN PLACES GREENSTONE STRINGERS CUT THE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 334

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 202

Reporter information

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

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