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Maxwell

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036221
MRDS ID M024289
Record type Site
Current site name Maxwell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.28776, 40.77291 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES EAST OF BAIRD FISHERY SITE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Brien(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

McCloud(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 004W 26 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.28776, 40.77291
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EGENHOFF, E.L., 1948; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IRON-ORE RESOURCES OF CA; IRON RESOURCES OF CA. BULL. 129, DIV. OF MINES, P. 294

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY: CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPT. 6, P.132.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAYBE SAME AS MAXWELL CLAIM THAT FORMS PART OF CALIFORNIA CONSOLIDATED IRON GROUP. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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