Scott River Prospect

Prospect in Siskiyou 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 10140659
MRDS ID M020233
MAS/MILS ID 0060930026
Record type Site
Current site name Scott River Prospect
Related records 10095198

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -122.86922, 41.60564 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Jones(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043 N 009 W 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -122.86922, 41.60564

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner West Coast Metals Ltd.
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 152 1952 P279; DOM BULL 125, P184; USGS QUAD. FORT

  • Deposit

    A 1955; SO PACIFIC CO REPT 1964 PT2; USGS QUAD FORT JONES CA

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.