Nowlin Mine

Past Producer in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115813
MRDS ID M010069
MAS/MILS ID 0060450012
Record type Site
Current site name Nowlin Mine
Related records 10109255

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.3019, 39.79956 (WGS84)
Elevation 599
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Covelo West(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 N 013 W 03 N2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.3019, 39.79956

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. S. Nowlin
    Home office California
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Hemingway
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL V49 NO4 OCT 1953 P389

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.