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Centerville Deposit

Past Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Mineral Pigments
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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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036145
MRDS ID M024201
Record type Site
Current site name Centerville Deposit
Related records 10139213

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.37586, 40.5004 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE AT MOUTH OF OIL CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferndale OE W(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mattole(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 001N}002N 003W}003W 02}35,26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Mineral Pigments Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME OF THE ORE USED FOR MINERAL PAINT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.37586, 40.5004
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike EAST
    Dip 85N
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OGLE SAYS THIS IS 10 FT BOLDER IN FALSE CAPE SHEAR ZONE. SO-CALLED HEMATITE IS PROBABLY LIMONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, O.P., 1948: IRON RESOURCES OF CA; CA. DIV. MINES BULL. 129, P. 289

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1925; 21ST REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST: CA STATE MIN BUR., P. 317-318.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 164 P. 79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 FT WIDE VEIN WAS EXPOSED YEARS AGO; IT CONTAINED NUMEROUS THIN SEAMS OF CALCITE. 1 MI NORTH IS A VEIN OF POSSIBLY BETTER GRADE. LARGE MASSES OF FLOAT BETWEEN THE TWO LOCALITIES INDICATE A THIRD VEIN.
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE-NO PRODUCTION REPORTED-ASSUMED PIGMENT FOR MINERAL PAINT WAS PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MRDS RECORD M008723 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-JUN-1995 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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