North Fork Deposit

Occurrence in Trinity 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. Ore body information
  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 10033706
MRDS ID M020344
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork Deposit
Related records 10263057

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.21667, 40.17291 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ON N. FORK OF MAD RIVER, ABOUT 1 MI. FROM ROAD ON OTHER SIDE OF MAD RIVER, ALONG TRAIL TO BONANZA DEPOSITS. 75 MI. FROM CARLOTTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swim Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mad-Redwood(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 012W 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 10 TO 15 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.21667, 40.17291

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. W.
    Dip 50 S. W.
    Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BED OF SILICEOUS MANGANESE 1.5 FT. WIDE IN MASSIVE WHITE CHERT. IT STRIKES N. W. AND DIPS 50 SW, AND IS EXPOSED FOR LESS THAN 50 FT.

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. 331 - 332

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 201

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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