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Pinery Hill Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033623
MRDS ID M020232
Record type Site
Current site name Pinery Hill Prospect
Related records 10213550

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.94501, 41.56262 (WGS84)
Relative position N. W. SIDE OF PINERY HILL, THE RIDGE BETWEEN ORO FINO VALLEY AND QUARTZ VALLEY. 2 1/2 MI. FROM GREENVILLE, 8 MI. FROM FORT JONES, AND 26 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

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 010W 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCATTERED OUTCROPS OF VERY SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE. PINERY HILL IS LARGELY CONTORTED BANDED GRAY QUARTZITE AND QUARTZITIC SCHIST.

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

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 185

Reporter information

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

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