Egenes Deposit

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033555
MRDS ID M020150
Record type Site
Current site name Egenes Deposit
Related records 10140803

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.47319, 35.30275 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MI. S. OF SANTA MARGARITA, 1 MI. OFF THE ROAD FROM SANTA MARGARITA TO POZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Margarita Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salinas(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 030S 014E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 31 TO 52 PERCENT MANGANESE, 15 TO 31 PERCENT SILICA.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.47319, 35.30275

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Length 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL LENSES OF MANGANESE OXIDE IN CHERT ARE EXPOSED FOR 10 FT. ALONG STRIKE, AND THE MINERALIZED ZONE HAS A MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 5 FT.

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. 230

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL LENSES OF MANGANESE OXIDE IN CHERT ARE EXPOSED FOR 10 FT. ALONG STRIKE, AND THE MINERALIZED ZONE HAS A MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 5 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 10-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George 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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