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Linser

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109247
MRDS ID M009973
Record type Site
Current site name Linser
Related records 10163693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.63723, 39.98429 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 MI. BY ROAD S. OF ALDERPOINT, 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

Noble Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Covelo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 005S 005E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 36 TO 48 N. E.
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE ENCLOSED IN MASSIVE WHITE MANGANIFEROUS CHERT 4 TO 6 FT. THICK; WHICH IS BELOW ( 25 TO 35 FT ) THIN BEDDED RED CHERT LENS. SANDSTONE IS EXPOSED ABOVE AND BELOW CHERT. ORE BED IS CUT BY NUMEROUS SMALL FAULTS, STRIKES N 25 W, AND DIPS 36 TO 48 N. E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chester Linser

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 2500 TONS OF SORTED ORE AVERAGING 35 PERCENT MANGANESE BY AUGUST, 1944. IDLE. MAIN PARTS OF PIT HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY MINED OUT AND THE ORE REMAINING WAS ALMOST EXHAUSTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT., 1953, P. 388

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, PP. 127-8

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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