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Oro Fino No. 2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033622
MRDS ID M020231
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Fino No. 2
Related records 10286748

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9014, 41.57678 (WGS84)
Relative position JUST S. OF ORO FINO NO. 1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 009W 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 17 , UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE ABOUT 25 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9014, 41.57678
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE ORE BED STRIKES N 20 E, DIPS ABOUT VERTICAL, WITH BANDED QUARTZITE WALL ROCKS, AND SLATE AND PHYLLITE EXPOSED NEARBY. ORE IS BANDED QUARTZ CARBONATE. GRAY CARBONATE LAYERS, OFTEN CONTORTED AND WITH AUGENS OF BROWN CARBONATE, ALTERNATE WITH QUARTZITE BANDS. SOME PALE YELLOW CARBONATE IS PRESENT. MOST OF ORE IS OXIDIZED TO THIN SURFACE FILMS, BUT LITTLE HIGH GRADE ORE IS PRESENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 278

Reporter information

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

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