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Ocean View

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031350
MRDS ID M010052
Record type Site
Current site name Ocean View
Related records 10187898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.17221, 39.55097 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brushy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Covelo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 012W 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NE 1/4 SECTION 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 5 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.17221, 39.55097
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 FT. OF SOFT SILICEOUS IRON ORE IN THIN BEDDED RED RADIOLARIAN CHERT WHICH IS BELOW GREENSTONE BODY. MASSIVE IRON OXIDE HAS FRACTURES FILLED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE, AND A FEW SMALL POCKETS OF MANGANESE OXIDE ARE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Henshaw Investment Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION. IDLE. THE ORE RUNS FROM 5 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE - GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. THE SILICA CONTENT IS ABOUT 40 PERCENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY V. 49, NO. 4 OCT.,1953, P. 389

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, PP. 134-5

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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