Prospect South of Sycamore Canyon

Occurrence in Contra Costa 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029541
MRDS ID M007147
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect South of Sycamore Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.89326, 37.87296 (WGS84)
Relative position S. OF SYCAMORE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diablo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 001E 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.89326, 37.87296

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDES IN MICA SCHIST. SCHIST CUT BY VEINLETS OF MASSIVE AND CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. SP. REPT. 80, P. 22 AND PL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1978 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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