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Strickland Mabold and Camin

Prospect 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031240
MRDS ID M009892
Record type Site
Current site name Strickland Mabold and Camin
Related records 10260855

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.89348, 37.60743 (WGS84)
Relative position PROBABLY NW1/4. ON WEST BANK OF SWEETWATER CREEK 4.2 MILES N. OF THE SWEETWATER GOLD MINE (SECS. 17, 20), 3.2 MILES BY ROAD NORTH OF THE DONNELLY PROSPECT (SEC. 17) 16 MI. BY ROAD N. E. OF MARIPOSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Feliciana Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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

Sierra National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 019E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 10 TO 35 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.89348, 37.60743
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANIFEROUS MASSIVE META CHERT IS CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS, ENCLOSED IN SERICITE SCHIST, AND BELONG TO THE CALAVERAS SERIES. GENERAL STRIKE IS N. 60 W., DIPPING 75 S.W. MANGANESE OXIDES ARE DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE META CHERT, WITH HIGH GRADE ORE IN A FEW POCKETS AND LENSES, AS NODULAR, BOTRYOIDAL PSILOMELANE, SOME PYROLUSITE AND RHODONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hugh A. Mulkern
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT - IRREGULAR SHAPED CUT 65 FT. LONG, 3 TO 15 FT. WIDE AND 3 TO 6 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 110-111

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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