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Surprise M-Q Prospect

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030989
MRDS ID M009519
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise M-Q Prospect
Related records 10139521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.05543, 37.65825 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI. N. E. OF BAGBY BY ROAD, ON INDIAN CREEK, 0.2 MI. N. W. OF ITS CONFLUENCE WITH N. FORK OF MERCED RIVER, 2 MI. S. E. OF QUAIL GOLD MINE IN SECTION 15

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 017E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN E 1/2 SECTION 23 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Spessartite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.05543, 37.65825
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENSES WITHIN QUARTZ SCHIST AND PHYLLITE OF THE CALAVERAS SERIES, AND PARALLEL TO THE SCHISTOSITY OF THE ENCLOSING ROCKS. UNOXIDIZED ORE IS MAINLY RHODONITE AND MANGANESE CARBONATE WITH SOME SPESSARTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CUT ON AN OUTCROP OF MANGANESE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 326-7

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, P. 111-112

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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