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Black Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo 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. 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 10033554
MRDS ID M020149
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mountain Prospect
Related records 10143033

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98738, 35.62607 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 6 MI. IN AN AIRLINE N 48 E OF CAMBRIA, 45 MI. TOTAL TO SAN LUIS OBISPO ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lime Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paso Robles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026S 009E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98738, 35.62607
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OUTCROP OF YELLOW BROWN MASSIVE CHERT IS HEAVILY STAINED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE. ORE OCCURS AS STREAKS OF DARK BROWN SILICEOUS MATERIAL IN CHERT.

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. 229

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 168

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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