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The Manganese

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033720
MRDS ID M020364
Record type Site
Current site name The Manganese

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.27611, 40.40429 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI. N. OF FOREST GLEN-HAYFORK HIGHWAY, 500 FT. E. OF LONG GULCH TRAIL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naufus Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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
Humboldt 001S 008E 04 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE ABOUT 40 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.27611, 40.40429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 FT. THICK ORE BODY ENCLOSED IN CHERTY SHALE, WHICH STRIKES N 65 W AND DIPS 50 N. E. ORE BODY IS CUT OFF TO N. W. BY FAULT STRIKING N 10 E. TO S. ORE RUNS INTO MASSIVE WHITE AND GRAY CHERT CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS, CONTAINING NO MANGANESE. CHERT IS SURROUNDED BY SANDSTONE AND GREENSTONE, AND SERPENTINE APPEARS TO THE W. ORE CONSISTS OF PARTIALLY TO COMPLETELY OXIDIZED PINK, FINELY CRYSTALLINE RHODONITE AND BROWN MANGANESE CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRASK, PARKER. NOTES ON THE MANGANESE RESOURCES OF CALIF., 1944 , UNPUB.

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 338

Reporter information

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

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