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Tobacco Creek 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 10033572
MRDS ID M020171
Record type Site
Current site name Tobacco Creek Prospect
Related records 10165387

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.07905, 35.7019 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 1/3 MI. W. OF TOBACCO CREEK ON THE N. SIDE OF A TRIBUTARY TO THAT STREAM. 12 MI. BY TRAIL N. TO BRYSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pebblestone Shut-in(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cambria(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 026S 008E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH CENTER SECTION 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 41 PERCENT MANGANESE, 22 PERCENT INSOLUBLE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.07905, 35.7019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OCCURS IN A MASSIVE BED 28 INCHES THICK, TRACEABLE FOR 20 FT. N. 45 W. ALONG STRIKE, WITH A HIGH ANGLE S. W. DIP. MASSIVE GREEN CHERT FORMS THE FOOTWALL, AND THIN-BEDDED GREEN CHERTS FORM THE HANGING WALL. THE ORE BED LENSES OUT TO THE N. E. THE UNOXIDIZED ORE IS A MIXTURE OF SILICA, PINK CARBONATE, AND LOW-GRADE MANGANESE OXIDE.

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. 239 - 240

  • 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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