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Rhodonite Claim

Prospect in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gemstone, Iron, Manganese, Silica
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237504
MRDS ID W025613
MAS/MILS ID 0060930024
Record type Site
Current site name Rhodonite Claim
Alternate or previous names The Manganese and Rhodonite Mine
Related records 10077719

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.37364, 41.89563 (WGS84)
Elevation 1525
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Figurehead Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017 N 007 E 02 C N2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.37364, 41.89563
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 40N
    Thickness 3M
    Length 12M
    Width 4M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N25W:40N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • NON-PRECIOUS GEMSTONES (RECORD 010,COL.30-32) ARE RHODONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fed. Government(National Forest)
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG.BULL.152,1950. P.278

  • Deposit

    NONE OF THE RHODONITE HAS BEEN USED FOR GEMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Deino, Al U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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