Copsey and Moore Prospect

Occurrence in Lake 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033485
MRDS ID M020052
Record type Site
Current site name Copsey and Moore Prospect
Related records 10163401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.09023, 38.8471 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yolo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bird Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento-Stone Corral(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 002W 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE TOO SILICEOUS TO BE OF ECONOMIC VALUE

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OUTCROPS IN SERPENTINE AND LIES WITHIN A FEW FEET OF AN EXPOSURE OF GREENSTONE FROM THE FRANCISCAN GROUP. MANGANESE ORE; APPARENTLY A MANGANIFEROUS CHERT, IS BLACK AND HARD.

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. 89

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 124

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; 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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