Huey Prospect

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033615
MRDS ID M020223
Record type Site
Current site name Huey Prospect
Related records 10189615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.46975, 41.88983 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR THE CREST OF THE DIVIDE BETWEEN COLE CREEK AND INDIAN CREEK AT THE HEAD OF DEADMAN GULCH. 2 MI. BY TRAIL FROM THE S. FORK OF INDIAN CREEK ROAD, 10 MI. FROM HAPPY CAMP, AND 80 MI. FROM YREKA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadman Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017N 006E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.46975, 41.88983

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IS A MIXTURE OF RHODONITE AND QUARTZ, RHODONITE USUALLY COMPOSING HALF THE ROCK. LEDGE CROPS OUT FOR 100 FT. ALONG STRIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 274 - 275

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 184

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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