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Walton Prospect

Occurrence in Siskiyou 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10033626
MRDS ID M020236
Record type Site
Current site name Walton Prospect
Related records 10141111

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.94834, 41.5479 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. W. OF GREENVIEW, 25 MI. S. W. OF YREKA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 010W 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN W 1/2 SECTION 25 , UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 15 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.94834, 41.5479
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip 25 W
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY STRIKES ABOUT N 20 W, DIPS ABOUT 25 W, AND LIES IN RECRYSTALLIZED THIN BEDDED CHERT, WHICH IS LENTICULAR IN A SEQUENCE OF MASSIVE METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF BASIC COMPOSITION. ORE BED IS 4 FT. MAXIMUM THICKNESS, AND COMPLETELY OXIDIZED. PRIMARY ORE MAY BE RHODOCHROSITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 279 - 280

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 185

Reporter information

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

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