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Salt Creek Claim

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10095216
MRDS ID M020350
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Creek Claim
Related records 10287843

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.1525, 40.44652 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MI. FROM ROAD UP SALT CREEK, 3 MI. S. W. OF PEANUT, 65 MI. FROM RED BLUFF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dubakella Mountain(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
Mount Diablo 030N 011W 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 35 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.1525, 40.44652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3.05M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLOCK OF CARBONATE ORE 10 FT. LONG AND 5 FT. WIDE IS EXPOSED TO DEPTH OF 2 FT. ORE RESEMBLES ORE AT MANGANESE QUEEN MINE, BUT LIES IN META-SEDIMENTS. SOME GREENSTONE STRINGERS 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. 333 - 334

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 202

Reporter information

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

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