Acme Lode Claim

Occurrence in Santa Clara county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033579
MRDS ID M020178
Record type Site
Current site name Acme Lode Claim
Related records 10116837

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.47213, 37.39103 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE N. SIDE OF BEAUREGARDE CREEK ONE MI. E. OF THE JUNCTION OF THE PUERTO CREEK ROAD WITH THE LIVERMORE-MT. HAMILTON ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Boardman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Clara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 005E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 4 TO 25 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.47213, 37.39103

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N W
    Dip 40 TO 75 NE
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BED IS EXPOSED FOR 125 FT., MOSTLY IN THE CREEK BED, AND STRIKES N. W., DIPPING 40 TO 75 N. E. AVERAGE WIDTH OF THE ORE IS 3 FT, WITH A MAXIMUM OF 4 FT. ORE CONSISTS MAINLY OF SILICEOUS OXIDES IN WHITE CHERT, WITH SOME RHODOCHROSITE.

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. 245 - 246

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 174

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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