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K. B. No. 1

Prospect in Glenn 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097019
MRDS ID M008656
Record type Site
Current site name K. B. No. 1
Related records 10212096

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.60941, 39.45459 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position S1/2 MINE SYMBOL IN NW1/4 SE1/4 ON STONYFORD QUAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glenn(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stonyford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

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 Glenn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 007W 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN S 1/2 SECTION 35 , UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 40 TO 45 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.60941, 39.45459
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A BED OF BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES 4 FT. THICK, UNDERLAIN GRADATIONALLY BY A BED OF MASSIVE, YELLOW-BROWN CHERT 5 TO 8 FT. THICK. THE STRUCTURE OF THE ORE BED IS COMPLEX AND MAY BE A FAULTED ANTICLINE. THE ORE BED AND THE UNDERLYING CHERT ARE ENCLOSED IN THIN-BEDDED RED AND GREEN CHERT WITH SHALE PARTINGS. SCATTERED CLUSTERS OF BROWN RADIATING CRYSTALS MAY BE BEMENTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. D. Bruce, Brown And Moore

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 40 TONS OF ORE HAS BEEN REMOVED AND PILED IN DUMPS AROUND THE CUT. THIS ORE PROBABLY AVERAGES 40 TO 45 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT 10-FT. WIDE AND 10-FT. DEEP, DRIVEN 40 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 1, JAN. 1952, P. 50

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 59-60

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PROSPECT IN SE1/4 ON MF-279; MN ON PSFC MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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