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Windbigler No. 2 Prospect

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030548
MRDS ID M008737
Record type Site
Current site name Windbigler No. 2 Prospect
Related records 10285189

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.69084, 40.39456 (WGS84)
Relative position ON N. SLOPE OF CHARLES MOUNTAIN, ONE MI. BY TRAIL FROM THE ROAD TO CHARLES MOUNTAIN MINE, AND 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

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

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY NE 1/4 SECTION 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 45 TO 50 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.69084, 40.39456
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 70 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IN PROBABLE LANDSLIDE AREA ON A SMALL KNOLL OF BROWN AND WHITE WELL BEDDED CHERT. HIGH GRADE MANGANESE OXIDE ORE OCCURS AS FRAGMENTS IN S.E. END OF CHERT EXPOSURE. ONLY ORE IN PLACE IS A FEW THIN STRINGERS IN CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 152, P. 72-73

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I. 5579, P. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY LESS THAN 10 TONS ORE AVERAGING 45-50% MN WILL BE FOUND. (BULL. 152)

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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