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Witter Springs

Prospect in Lake 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097023
MRDS ID M009038
Record type Site
Current site name Witter Springs
Related records 10188053

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9947, 39.19265 (WGS84)
Relative position 2000 FT. N.W. OF THE WITTER SPRINGS HOTEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 010W 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE CENTER OF THE S. LINE OF SECTION 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 10 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9947, 39.19265
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 55 E
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY ENCLOSED IN THIN BEDDED RADIOLARIAN CHERTS AND SHALES. ORE BED IS PARALLEL WITH CHERT BEDDING PLANE, STRIKING N 30 W, AND DIPPING 55 E, AND IS CUT OFF BY FAULT AT S. END. ORE BODY IS INTERLAYERED BANDS AND LENSES OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, WITH A ROUGH STRATIFICATION OF ABRUPT AND GRADUAL TRANSITIONS. JASPER IS ASSOCIATED WITH A BROWN OPALINE ORE, AND CUT BY VEINLETS OF A PINK MANGANIFEROUS CARBONATE. CONSIDERABLE NEOTOCITE IS PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Witter Medical Springs, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 55 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 125, 1943, P. 128

  • Deposit

    CALIF. BULL.152, PP. 99-100

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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