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Vollmer 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 10033573
MRDS ID M020172
Record type Site
Current site name Vollmer Prospect
Alternate or previous names Quintano
Related records 10164849

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8257, 35.4383 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI. FROM THE 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 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 011E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NE 1/4 SECTION 6 , UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ORE GRADE 20 TO 25 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8257, 35.4383
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN THIN-BEDDED RED, BROWN, GREEN, AND WHITE CHERT, BEDS AVERAGING 2 INCHES IN THICKNESS. CHERT BODY IS 225 FT. LONG. THE ORE BED IS 1 TO 6 FT. THICK, FAIRLY CONTINUOUS. SOME HIGH GRADE ORE IS CONCENTRATED IN FRACTURES, AND THE REMAINDER OF THE ORE IS MANGANIFEROUS CHERT. THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF HIGH GRADE ORE NEAR THE CREST OF THE ANTICLINE, WHERE THE BED IS 2 FT. THICK.

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. 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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