Prior No.1

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095092
MRDS ID M008776
Record type Site
Current site name Prior No.1
Related records 10260545

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.57056, 40.25541 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 8 MI FROM FORT SEWARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Lassic(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 002S 005E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 25 , UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 45 PERCENT MANGANESE

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 6.1M
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BED OF OXIDE LIES IN THIN BEDDED CHERT BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rae F. Helmke

Comments on the production information

  • THE GRADE OF THE DEPOSIT IS ESTIMATED TO BE 45 PERCENT MANGANESE; ABOUT 5 TONS OF 45 PERCENT ORE LIES ON A STOCKPILE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, P. 71

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5579, P. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT SHOWN ON MR-23 OR PSFC REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 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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