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Big Boy Deposit

Occurrence in Trinity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10033669
MRDS ID M020298
Record type Site
Current site name Big Boy Deposit
Related records 10117768

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.53056, 40.19707 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MI. FROM A ROAD, 6 MI. FROM ALDER POINT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alderpoint(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 003S 006E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/2 SW 1/4 SECTION 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE LESS THAN 3 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.53056, 40.19707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip 65 TO 85 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE CONSIST OF STAINS ON GREEN AND WHITE CHERT BODY WHICH STRIKES N 75 W AND DIPS 65 TO 85 N. DEPOSIT RUNS DIAGONALLY UP HILL FOR 75 FT, AND AVERAGE WIDTH IS ABOUT 4 FT.

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. 306

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 195

Reporter information

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

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