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Hale

Prospect in Mendocino 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097027
MRDS ID M009982
Record type Site
Current site name Hale
Related records 10163430

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.03441, 38.87432 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. E. OF SHAW AND MATTHEWS MINE, 8 MI. FROM CLOVERDALE ON THE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cloverdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Arena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 011W 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result BEST GRADE NOT OVER 25 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.03441, 38.87432
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip SW
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IRREGULAR BED OF MANGANIFEROUS BROWN AND WHITE CHERT STRIKING N. 30 W., WITH VARIABLE S. W. DIP. ORE PRINCIPALLY BROWN MANGANIFEROUS OPAL (NEOTOCITE), OXIDIZED NEAR THE SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Fred Hale

Comments on the production information

  • FIVE TONS OF BROWN ORE PILED ON DUMP; BEST ORE SEEN WAS PROBABLY NOT OVER 25 PERCENT MANGANESE, PRINCIPALLY BROWN MANGANIFEROUS OPAL (NEOTOCITE), OXIDIZED NEAR THE SURFACE. IDLE SINCE 1918.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT. 1953, P. 386

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, P. 123

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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