Rainy Day Claim

Prospect in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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. 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 10263255
MRDS ID M020346
MAS/MILS ID 0061050056
Record type Site
Current site name Rainy Day Claim
Related records 10033707

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.25001, 40.11705 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Ridge(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)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 026 N 012 W 08 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.25001, 40.11705

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 88W
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Strike And Dip N45W:88W
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE MINERALS ARE A HARD TOUGH BANDED MIXTURE OF CARBONATES WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF SILICATES AND A THIN LAYER OF OXIDES WHERE THE MINERALS ARE EXPOSED AT THE SURFACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
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 J. M Mcknight
    Home office California
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. C Fowler And F A Stockel
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL. DIV. MINES BULL. 152, 1950, P. 332

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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