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Jump Off Creek

Occurrence in Mendocino 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031301
MRDS ID M009976
Record type Site
Current site name Jump Off Creek
Related records 10116239

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99554, 39.80514 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mendocino Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willows(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mendocino 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 Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 010W 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.99554, 39.80514
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL FAULT BLOCK OF ORE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM PARENT ORE BODY. COUNTRY ROCK IS BADLY FAULTED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE ORE EXPOSED CONTAINS ABOUT 45 PERCENT MANGANESE. ANY EFFORT TO FIND THE MAIN BODY OF ORE WOULD BE EXPENSIVE DUE TO BADLY FAULTED COUNTRY ROCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49 NO. 4 OCT., 1953, P. 387

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 1528 P. 126

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 136

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

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