Spring Hill

Occurrence in Lake county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030650
MRDS ID M008942
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Hill
Related records 10163464

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.67607, 38.77794 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI. W. OF MIDDLETOWN ON THE ROAD TO HELEN MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whispering Pines(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 011N 007W 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.67607, 38.77794

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE FLOAT, NO SOURCE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED. ALONG ROAD 3 TO 4 MI. FROM MIDDLETOWN, MASSIVE BEDS OF CHERT ARE ENCLOSED IN THIN BEDDED CHERT SHOWING MANGANESE STAINS AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. Peterson

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 125, 1943, P. 127

  • Deposit

    CALIF. BULL. 152, PP. 97-98

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTHING OF COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE HAS YET BEEN FOUND IN THIS VICINITY.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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