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Consolidated Black Lesses Big Jim, Love Indian

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109249
MRDS ID M010000
Record type Site
Current site name Consolidated Black Lesses Big Jim, Love Indian
Related records 10211972

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.12193, 39.5593 (WGS84)
Relative position ON N. E. SLOPE OF THE RIDGE ON IMPASSABLE ROCK. 2.5 MI BY TRAIL FROM RACKOUT SPRING, WHICH IS 27 MI. BY ROAD FROM WILLITS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sanhedrin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Covelo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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 Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 011W 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • 10 CLAIMS, NOS. 1 TO 5 ON E. RIDGE, NOS. 6 TO 9 ON W. RIDGE, AND NO. 10 NEAR S. JUNCTION OF 2 RIDGES, UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 30 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.12193, 39.5593
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE ORE AND MANGANIFEROUS CHERT. SOME HIGH GRADE PSILOMELANE ORE IN FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hauer, A. G.

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE. THE AVERAGE ORE CONTAINS 25 TO 30 PERCENT MANGANESE, WITH SOME HIGH-GRADE ORE CONTAINING PROBABLY AS MUCH AS 45 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4 OCT. 1953, P. 385

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, PP. 116-118

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit *MOUNT SANHEDRIN. 10 CLAIMS.

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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