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Kester 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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033560
MRDS ID M020157
Record type Site
Current site name Kester Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84904, 35.37719 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MI. N. OF MORRO ON A SMALL KNOB JUST E. OF THE MORRO - CAYUCOS ROAD, AT A POINT WHERE THIS ROAD CROSSES MORRO CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morro Bay North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(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 029S 010E California

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG ESTIMATED FOR PEAK OF MOST LIKELY KNOB AS DESCRIBED IN "POSITION" FIELD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84904, 35.37719
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: N. SLOPE OF KNOB IS COVERED BY OUTCROPS OF RADIOLARIAN CHERT OF VARIOUS TYPES. AT SEVERAL PLACES OUTCROPS OF MASSIVE CHERT BODIES ARE STAINED WITH MANGANESE OXIDES.

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 PP. 233 - 234

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 169

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N. SLOPE OF KNOB IS COVERED BY OUTCROPS OF RADIOLARIAN CHERT OF VARIOUS TYPES. AT SEVERAL PLACES OUTCROPS OF MASSIVE CHERT BODIES ARE STAINED WITH MANGANESE OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 12-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

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