1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Rose

Producer in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10031363
MRDS ID M010078
Record type Site
Current site name Rose
Related records 10139906

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.42027, 39.5718 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MI. BY ROAD N. OF LONGVALE STATION ON THE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Longvale(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 014W 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 45 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.42027, 39.5718
ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANIFEROUS WELL-BEDDED RED CHERT WITH SHALE PARTINGS. CHERT HAS NODULAR SHINY BROWN SURFACE COATED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE. RED CHERT IS FOLDED AND FAULTED. SMALL AMOUNT OF SANDSTONE N. OF FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Whittaker, Vera M.

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF ORE WERE MINED IN 1918. IDLE. THE ORE SHIPPED AVERAGED 45% MANGANESE AND 16 PERCENT SILICA.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT AND A FEW SMALLER PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT. 1953, P.390

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, P. 136

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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.