Trewick - Houghton Property

Occurrence in Fresno 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. 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 10033454
MRDS ID M020015
Record type Site
Current site name Trewick - Houghton Property
Related records 10212177

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.17373, 36.76189 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI N OF THE SQUAW VALLEY - DUNLAP ROAD AND 4 MI NW OF DUNLAP, 27 1/2 MI E OF SANGER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luckett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 013S 026E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED SW 1/4 OF SEC. 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DUE TO VERY SILICEOUS CHARACTER AND LACK OF SUBSTANTIAL OXIDE ORE THERE CAN BE NO HOPE FOR FUTURE PRODUCTION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.17373, 36.76189

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PARTIALLY OXIDIZED RHODONITE OCCURS, MORE OR LESS INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ, IN QUARTZITE, QUARTZ-SCHIST, AND QUARTZ MICA SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 55 - 56

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; 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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