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Spider Mine

Prospect in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Silica
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190634
MRDS ID M020359
MAS/MILS ID 0061050069
Record type Site
Current site name Spider Mine
Alternate or previous names Spider Claim,Goat Camp Claims, Caudwell Claim
Related records 10033717

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.12171, 40.26905 (WGS84)
Elevation 1270

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony Buck Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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
Mount Diablo 028 N 011 W 16 NWSWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 88E
    Thickness 6M
    Length 100M
    Width 20M
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N35W:88E
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEMENTITE,WHICH RESEMBLES CHERT, MAY BE IMPORTANT MINERAL. THE BEMENTITE FORMULA IS: MN8-SI6-O18(OH)10

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Federal Government-Trinity National Forest
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG; BULLS:#152,TRASK,1950; #76,BRADLEY,1918;37TH REPT.ST.M

  • Deposit

    CDM&G,CO.REPT.4,TRINITY CO,1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Niemi 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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