Reay Deposit

Occurrence in Alameda 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027962
MRDS ID M004655
Record type Site
Current site name Reay Deposit
Related records 10235164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.60297, 37.6288 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midway(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin Delta(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alameda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 003E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHERT MIXED WITH BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Shidaker
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 46, NO.2, APRIL 1950, P.344, PL. 58

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 125, P.101

  • Deposit

    BULL. 152, P.25-26

  • Deposit

    BULL. 140 , PL. 1 (GEOLOGY)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE ORE EXPOSURE IS ON LINE BETWEEN SEC. 35 AND 36 ; ANOTHER LIES 300 YARDS TO THE E., NEAR THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AND FURTHER E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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