Ruhser and Hubberty Deposit

Producer 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 10028349
MRDS ID M005266
Record type Site
Current site name Ruhser and Hubberty Deposit
Related records 10235464

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.5674, 38.43158 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI. SE OF DEFENDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(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 007N 013E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.5674, 38.43158

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. W. Ruhser And Adam C. Hubberty
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO HAVE BEEN WORKED BY THE MANGANESE CO. OF CALIFORNIA IN 1916. IT IS REPORTED THAT 250 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED AND ABOUT 50 TONS REMAINS ON THE DUMP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 269

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, P. 33

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1977 Killman, K.; 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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