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Shell Rock Deposits

Prospect 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. 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 10116026
MRDS ID M010090
MAS/MILS ID 0060450021
Record type Site
Current site name Shell Rock Deposits
Related records 10031372

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.52551, 39.84315 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tan Oak Park(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 015 W 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.52551, 39.84315
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Noble Electric Steel Co.
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL V49 NO4 OCT 1953 P390

  • Deposit

    6MI BY ROAD WEST OF SPY ROCK STATION ON THE NO PAC RR

  • Deposit

    FROM DESCRIPTION IN B.152 IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE IN APPROX SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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