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Hale Creek Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109405
MRDS ID M020325
Record type Site
Current site name Hale Creek Mine
Related records 10238995

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.46862, 40.36596 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ON THE W. SIDE OF THE MAD RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruth Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 001S 006E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 23 , UTM APPROX, ALTITUDE DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH SECTION LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Hausmannite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 42 PERCENT MANGANESE, 1 PERCENT IRON, AND 21 PERCENT SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.46862, 40.36596
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: NEARLY FLAT LYING MASSIVE TABULAR LENS 150 FT. LONG, 3 TO 12 FT. THICK, ENCLOSED IN FRANCISCAN CHERT AND SANDSTONE. CHERT FORMS THIN ENVELOPE SEPARATING ORE FROM SANDSTONE. NEAR W. END OF ORE BODY IS 1 TO 5 FT. OF BUFF OR GREENISH CHERT INTERBEDDED WITH THINLY LAMINATED RED SHALE. NEAR E. END ORE IS SEPARATED FROM SANDSTONE ABOVE BY ONLY 6 INCHES OF WHITE CHERT. GREENSTONE NEAR W. END APPEARS INTRUSIVE. ORE IS MAINLY DARK BROWN-REDDISH HAUSMANNITE, WITH SOME BEMENTITE AND RHODOCHROSITE. THESE ARE CUT BY VEINS OF CALCITE, RHODOCHROSITE, BEMENTITE, AND BARITE. SOME COPPER MINERALS, INESITE, AND MANGANIFEROUS AMPHIBOLE WERE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 316 - 319

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 198

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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