Manganese Peak Group

Occurrence in Tehama 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095206
MRDS ID M020289
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Peak Group
Alternate or previous names Anti-Hitler, Anti-Mussolina
Related records 10238683

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.67303, 39.8393 (WGS84)
Relative position W. OF PASKENTA, ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE BETWEEN BOWER'S CREEK AND THOMAS CREEK, ABOUT 35 MI. W. OF CORNING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hall Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willows(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mendocino 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 Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 007W 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • ANTI-HITLER IS NEAR SADDLE N. E. OF BEAUTY VIEW BUTTE, AT ELEVATION OF 2100 FT., IN N. CENTRAL PART OF SECTION 20 . ANTI-MUSSOLINA IS AT TOP OF BEAUTY VIEW BUTTE, ABOUT 1/2 MI S. W. OF ANTI-HITLER, AT 2750 FT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.67303, 39.8393

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ANTI-HITLER IS SILICEOUS MANGANESE ORE BED IN MANGANIFEROUS CHERT ABOUT 5 FT. WIDE. ATTITUDE IS NOT EVIDENT, BUT BEDS ARE PROBABLY CLOSE TO VERTICAL AND STRIKE ABOUT N. 65 W. ORE IS BORDERED ON E. BY GREENSTONE, WHICH IS BORDERED BY SERPENTINE. TO THE W. IS 100 FT. OF BLACK TO GREEN SLATY SHALE AND SANDSTONE, BORDERED BY SERPENTINE. ORE IS MANGANESE OXIDES, MAINLY PSILOMELANE CUT BY QUARTZ VEINLETS. ANTI-MUSSOLINA IS 2 BEDS OF MANGANIFEROUS ORE SEPARATED BY 15 FT. OF WHITE CHERT. MAXIMUM THICKNESS IS 6 AND 9 FT. ENCLOSING CHERTS STRIKE N 50 TO 55 W., AND DIP 55 TO 75 N. E. CHERT IS BOUNDED BY GREENSTONE TO THE S. W., THEN SERPENTINE, AND BY GREENSTONE TO THE N. E. ORE IS MAINLY MANGANIFEROUS CHERT, MAINLY PSILOMELANE. SOME RHODOCHROSITE VEINLETS ARE PRESENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 300 - 301

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 193

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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