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Mc Murtry 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 10033451
MRDS ID M020012
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Murtry Prospect
Related records 10236482, 10274433

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.35763, 36.92966 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF WATTS VALLEY

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 011S 024E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PROBABLE ECONOMIC VALUE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 10 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.35763, 36.92966
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DUMPS REVEAL FRAGMENTS OF RHODONITE QUARTZ ROCK (METACHERT) CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS. RHODONITE PARTIALLY OXIDIZED TO PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE. THE ORE PROBABLY RUNS 10 TO 20 % MN AND IS HIGH IN SILICA. IN THE VICINITY ARE EXPOSURES OF QUARTZ BIOTITE SCHIST RICH IN QUARTZ.

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. 54

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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