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Elliot

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030693
MRDS ID M009015
Record type Site
Current site name Elliot
Related records 10261166

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.82164, 38.85877 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.8 MI. FROM COBB-KELSEYVILLE ROAD, 6.8 MI. N.W. FROM COBB; AND 43 MI. NORTH OF SANTA ROSA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Geysers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 009W 25,26 California

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 25 OR 26 , UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 5 TO 10 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.82164, 38.85877
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CUT EXPOSES MASSIVE, SHEARED AND SLICKENSIDED MANGANIFEROUS BROWN CHERT, ROUGHLY STRIKING TO THE NORTHWEST. GREENSTONE FORMS THE S.W. WALL AT THE S.E. END OF THE CUT. CHERT IS FAULTED AGAINST A FRESH PORPHYRITIC GREENSTONE AT THE N.E. END. THE STRIKE IS N 45 W, AND THE DIP 35 N.E. THE FAULT IS VERTICAL AND STRIKES N 80 W. SOME PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE ARE PRESENT ALONG SEAMS AND SHEAR ZONES, BUT THE ORE IS MAINLY MANGANIFEROUS CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Elliot

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 300 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 125, 1943, P. 125

  • Deposit

    CALIF. BULL. 152, PP. 90-91

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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