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Wild Devil Waldteufel

Producer in Mendocino 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031339
MRDS ID M010036
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Devil Waldteufel
Related records 10236764

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.18581, 39.33181 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
Relative position JUST W. OF THE SUMMIT OF THE LONG RIDGE BETWEEN REDWOOD VALLEY AND POTTER VALLEY, AND 2 MI. BY ROAD N. OF THE THOMAS MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redwood Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 012W 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.18581, 39.33181
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE ORE ENCLOSED IN WELL BEDDED RED CHERT WITH THIN SHALE PARTINGS, AND STRIKING N 60 W GENERALLY, WITH A GENERAL DIP OF 50 NE. CHERT IS FAULTED, HIGHLY CRUMPLED, DRAG FOLDED AND BRECCIATED. ORE IS SOME HIGH GRADE BLACK OXIDE AT PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE, SOME CONTAIN CORES OF WHITE CHERT. SOME NEOTOCITE WITH RHODOCHROSITE VEINS IS PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE. PAST PRODUCTION REPORTED AS 250 TONS. A FEW POCKETS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE STILL REMAIN.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH 18 FT. LONG, 10-FT. WIDE AND 10 TO 20 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT. 1953, P. 392

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, PP. 147-148

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN EXPOSED IN TRENCH WAS 6 FT. WIDE.

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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