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Nicol Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095195
MRDS ID M020208
Record type Site
Current site name Nicol Deposit
Related records 10164911

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.87249, 40.34679 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. S. OF PLATINA, 45 MI. FROM RED BLUFF, ON THE SIDE OF A STEEP MOUNTAIN ABOUT ONE MI. BY TRAIL FROM THE NEAREST ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beegum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 009W 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 10 TO 15 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.87249, 40.34679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 15.24M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOW GRADE OXIDE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN MASSIVE CHERT WHICH STRIKES N 85 E, AND DIPS NEARLY VERTICAL. ORE BODY HAS MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 5 FT., AND CAN BE TRACED FOR 50 FT. ABOUT 100 YARDS ACROSS STRIKE TO N., CHERT IS SUCCEEDED BY GREENSTONE. PRIMARY ORE MAY BE MANGANIFEROUS CHERT AND PERHAPS RHODONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 266

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 182

Reporter information

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

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