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Serrano 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033570
MRDS ID M020168
Record type Site
Current site name Serrano Prospect
Related records 10286661

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76153, 35.2633 (WGS84)
Relative position ON A TRIBUTARY OF CLARK CREEK 0.5 MI. S. OF THE JOHE RANCH MINE; NEAR CANYON BOTTOM IN HEAVY BRUSH, 0.5 MI. FROM ROAD, 15 MI. FROM RAILROAD AT 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

Morro Bay South(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 031S 011E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76153, 35.2633
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE ORE EXPOSED IN STEEPLY DIPPING SERIES OF SHALE BEDS, WHICH STRIKE N. 45 W. HARD BROWN SILICEOUS SANDSTONE LIES ALONG S. SIDE OF SHALE. ORE OCCURS AS LAMINAE UP TO 1/8 INCH THICK, INTERBEDDED WITH REDDISH BROWN SILICEOUS SHALE. MAXIMUM THICKNESS EXPOSED IS 6 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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