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Charles Mountain Woods, Hall

Producer in Humboldt 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030547
MRDS ID M008735
Record type Site
Current site name Charles Mountain Woods, Hall
Related records 10115397

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.69223, 40.39845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position ON TOP OF RIDGE BETWEEN LARABEE CREEK AND THE SOUTH FORK OF THE VAN DUZEN RIVER. IT IS 26 MI. FROM ALDERPOINT ON THE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Larabee Valley(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 001S 004E 02,11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX, ADITS AND OPEN CUTS IN SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 2 BUT V. 37 , NO. 4 STATES THAT SMALL MANGANESE OUTCROPS EXTEND FOR NEARLY A MI. S. ALONG RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 40 TO 45 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.69223, 40.39845
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: CHERT BEDS CONTAINING BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES WITH CORES OF SILICA, CARBONATE ORE, AND NEOTOCITE OR BEMENTITE. THE CHERT IS FAULTED AGAINST SANDSTONE AND WITHIN THE CHERT THE STRUCTURE IS VERY COMPLEX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. M. Doak, James And Joseph Warren

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION THROUGH 1920 IS 742 TONS. MOST OF THE ORE CONTAINS 40 TO 45% MANGANESE. MINE WAS REOPENED IN 1942 & IT WAS PLANNED TO WORK IT YEAR ROUND, WEATHER PERMITTING.

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS AND A WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, OCT. 1941, P. 519

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 64-65

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5579, P. 6, PL. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BULL. 152, P. 65 STATES THAT CARBONATE ORE OCCURS AT A SHALLOW DEPTH THROUGHOUT THE CHARLES MT. AREA.

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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