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Hummingbird

Occurrence in Glenn 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030503
MRDS ID M008659
Record type Site
Current site name Hummingbird
Related records 10212104

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.61108, 39.63681 (WGS84)
Elevation 431
Relative position NE1/4 NE1/4. BM 1413 IS APPROXIMATELY 50'N AND 600' W FR. SE COR. SEC. 26. HUMMINGBIRD CLAIM IS 198' SO. SO IS IN NE1/4 NE1/4 SEC. 35. ONE MI W. OF THE MOUTH OF HUMMINGBIRD CANYON, 5 MI. W. OF ELK CREEK, AND 11 MI. W. OF FRUTO ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC ONE MI W. OF THE MOUTH OF HUMMINGBIRD CANYON, 5 MI. W. OF ELK CREEK, AND 11 MI. W. OF FRUTO ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glenn(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chrome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willows(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(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 Glenn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 007W 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • MAY BE IN SECTION 36 , AS IN BULL. 152 , BUT LOCATIONS GIVE IT IN NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOO LOW A GRADE TO BE OF ECONOMIC VALUE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.61108, 39.63681
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 E
    Dip 50 NW
    Length 3.05M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FILMS AND 1/8 IN. VEINLETS OF MANGANESE OXIDE CHIEFLY PSILOMELANE WITH SOME PYROLUSITE, IN A BED 3 TO 4 FT. WIDE OF MASSIVE SLATY CHERT. IT IS CUT BY QUARTZ VEINLETS, 1/4 IN. THICK. IT IS OVERLAIN BY A GREY SCHISTOSE SANDSTONE AND HAS A FAULT CONTACT WITH A YELLOWISH GREEN SERICITE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. D. Stall, H. A. And Raymond Butler

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 1, JAN. 1952, P. 50

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, 1950, P. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BED IS EXPOSED IN THE OPEN CUT FOR A LENGTH OF 10 FT. ITS EXTENT BEYOND IS UNKNOWN. THE GRADE IS ABOUT 10 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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