Deaver Prospect

Occurrence in Amador 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028337
MRDS ID M005246
Record type Site
Current site name Deaver Prospect
Related records 10232049

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.69713, 38.50351 (WGS84)
Relative position PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG THE MAIN ROAD 3.6 MILES EAST OF FIDDLETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aukum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 012E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result MANGANESE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.69713, 38.50351

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY WEATHERED FRAGMENTS OF A SILICEOUS ROCK; PROBABLY METACHERT, CONTAINING MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES EXPOSED IN ROAD CUT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. E. Hutchinson, Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • THE MANGANESE CONTENT IS PROBABLY NOT OVER 10 PERCENT AND NO ORE IS IN SIGHT

Comments on the workings information

  • NO PROSPECTING HAS BEEN DONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 268

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, P. 28

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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