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Ricioli 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 10033569
MRDS ID M020167
Record type Site
Current site name Ricioli Prospect
Related records 10141086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98487, 35.51135 (WGS84)
Relative position JUST E. OF THE ROAD, ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN CAYUCOS AND CAMBRIA, ABOUT 28 MI. BY ROAD TO SAN LUIS OBISPO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cypress 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 028S 009E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 15 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98487, 35.51135
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BED OF BLACK RESINOUS ORE, MANGANESE CONTENT DECREASES RAPIDLY WITH DEPTH.

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. 237

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 171

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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