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Morrison

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031351
MRDS ID M010053
Record type Site
Current site name Morrison
Related records 10140336

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.14916, 39.79319 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Covelo East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Covelo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork 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 022N 012W 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.14916, 39.79319
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. G. Morrison

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE. THE OPEN CUT EXPOSES A LAYER OF SILICEOUS MANGANESE ORE AND MANGANESE-BEARING CHERT IN THIN-BEDDED RED CHERT AND SHALE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT.

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. 132-133

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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