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Crisle Prospect

Occurrence in Fresno 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033449
MRDS ID M020010
Record type Site
Current site name Crisle Prospect
Related records 10304538

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.34124, 36.88717 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MI BY ROAD S. W. TO PIEDRA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trimmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 024E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY LITTLE GOOD OXIDE ORE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND NO COMMERCIAL ORE COULD BE PROFITABLY OBTAINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.34124, 36.88717
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: INTERBEDDED WITH THIN BEDDED CHERTS AND SHALES ARE LENSES AND BEDS OF VERY DENSE RHODONITE AND QUARTZ RHODONITE ROCK. IT IS PARTIALLY OXIDIZED TO BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES. THE BLACK OXIDE BELDONGRITE IS THOUGHT PRESENT. THESE BEDS ARE PART OF A SERIES OF DYNAMICALLY METAMORPHOSED CHERTS, SHALES, AND TUFFS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 53

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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