Highlight No. 1 claim (High Light No. 1 claim), Little Medicine Mountain, Dillon Creek Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 34' 32'' North , 123° 40' 29'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Klamath | 779 (2011) | 30.7km |
| Happy Camp | 1,190 (2015) | 34.3km |
| Gasquet | 661 (2011) | 38.7km |
| Hiouchi | 301 (2011) | 40.8km |
| Bertsch-Oceanview | 2,436 (2011) | 44.7km |
A Mn occurrence/claim located in sec. 25, T14N, R4E, HM, 2.9 km (9,600 feet) SW of Little Medicine Mountain, near the headwaters of Medicine Creek, a tributary of Copper Creek, which, in sequence, is a tributary of Dillon Creek, on National Forest land. USGS MRDS database stated accuracy for this locality is 1,000 meters.
Mineralization is hosted in Late Jurassic chert. Thin films of purplish Mn oxide occur within a large, irregular quartzite (metachert) mass. On a fresh surface the rock is brownish, coarse-grained quartzite. Local rocks include Jurassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Western Sierra Nevada and Western Klamath Mountains).
Analytical data results: Average 10% Mn.
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| ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides' |
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| ⓘ | 'Manganese Oxides' | - | |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Coast MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Foothills-Wallowa DomainDomain
- Klamouth RangeVolcanic Arc
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