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Faucher

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109252
MRDS ID M010038
Record type Site
Current site name Faucher
Related records 10285836

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.18081, 39.30931 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR SUMMIT OF SMALL HILL E. OF DIVIDE BETWEEN POTTER VALLEY AND REDWOOD VALLEY, AND 4 MI. BY ROAD FROM REDWOOD STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redwood Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(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 017N 012W 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 22 , BUT MINE SYMBOL ON POTTER VALLEY ADVANCE PRINT IN SW 1/4 SE 1/4 , UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 50 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.18081, 39.30931
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENSES ENCLOSED IN THIN BEDDED RADIOLARIAN CHERT. ORE IS UNDERLAIN BY MASSIVE RED CHERT WITH RADIOLARIAN SKELETONS, WHICH IS STAINED IN JOINTS AND FRACTURES BY MANGANESE OXIDE. ORE ZONE IS PARALLEL TO BEDDING IN THIN BEDDED SCHIST, STRIKING N. 20 E., DIPPING 50 E. ORE IS STEEL GRAY WITH DULL METALLIC LUSTER, LARGELY PSILOMELANE WITH THIN PARTINGS OF SOFT BLACK OR REDDISH MATERIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION. IDLE. THE ORE OF THIS DEPOSIT CONTAINS 50 PERCENT MANGANESE AND LESS THAN 5% SILICA. THREE TONS TAKEN OUT REPRESENTED THE ENTIRE VOLUME OF THE ORE LENS.

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. 119-120

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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