Seiad Creek 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033624
MRDS ID M020234
Record type Site
Current site name Seiad Creek Prospect
Related records 10263282

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.16946, 41.86344 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI. BY TRAIL FROM THE SEIAD CREEK ROAD, 3 MI. FROM SEIAD VALLEY, 51 MI. FROM YREKA. ON THE N. E. SIDE OF SMALL KNOB OF NW SIDE OF SEIAD CREEK, ABOUT 600 FT. ABOVE THE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seiad Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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
Mount Diablo 046N 011W 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.16946, 41.86344

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WHITE CHERT OUTCROP CARRIES THIN FILMS OF MANGANESE OXIDES IN PLACES.

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 P. 279

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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