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Gool No. 3

Occurrence in Trinity 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 10095213
MRDS ID M020324
Record type Site
Current site name Gool No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.32528, 40.42707 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE TOP OF A RIDGE 300 YARDS S. W. OF GOOL NO. 2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naufus Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 001N 008E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 300 FT. N. OF THE QUARTER CORNER BETWEEN SECTIONS 30 AND 31 , UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 5 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.32528, 40.42707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 BODIES OF RED AND PURPLE MANGANIFEROUS CHERT, WHICH ARE FROM S. TO N., 35 FT. LONG, 20 FT. THICK; 20 FT. LONG, 10 FT. THICK; AND 70 FT. LONG, 20 FT. THICK. CHERT IS SURROUNDED BY GREENSTONE, AND SERPENTINE APPEARS TO THE W. CHERT BODIES CONTAIN COATING AND SOME PENETRATIONS OF MANGANESE OXIDES. SOUTHERNMOST BODY CONTAINS A BED 10 FT. LONG, 3 FT. THICK WHICH CONSISTS OF BLACK OXIDE ORE CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS AND CONTAINING PATCHES OF YELLOW BROWN MANGANESE CHERT, AND MAY RUN 25 PERCENT MANGANESE.

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. 317

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 198

Reporter information

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

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