1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Mount Hough

Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110885
MRDS ID W024496
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Hough
Related records 10116051

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.88993, 40.04571 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position EXTENDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT HOUGH TO THE N.W. FOR 0.5 MI. OR SO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 010E 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 8 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 28 TO 48 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.88993, 40.04571
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 60 TO 70 S.W.
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOSTED IN CALAVERAS SERIES - L. ; GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE ORE VEIN STRIKES N 45 W, DIPS 60 TO 70 S.W., AND IS CONFINED TO A RED CHERT BED. ORE IS MOSTLY PSILOMELANE, SOME PYROLUSITE AND WAD. DARK, RED, DENSE CHERT HAS SMALL PATCHES AND VEINLETS OF QUARTZ, AND OF MANGANESE OXIDES. ORE VEIN AVERAGES 6 FT. IN WIDTH. SOME FAULT MOVEMENT APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE VEIN. A QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST IS IN CONTACT WITH THE RED CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF DIV OF MINES VOL 33 NO 2 1937 P 128

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 173 - 174

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 151

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.