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Fable Mine

Occurrence in Santa Clara 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 10033589
MRDS ID M020190
Record type Site
Current site name Fable Mine
Alternate or previous names Camp Bessie
Related records 10213655

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.5188, 37.45603 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position 300 YARDS W. OF A POINT ON THE ARROYO MOCHO ROAD, THAT IS 26 MI. S. E. OF LIVERMORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eylar Mountain(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 005S 004E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.5188, 37.45603
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 45 TO 65 SW
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE BED OF OXIDE ORE INCLUDED CONFORMABLY WITHIN A SERIES OF THIN BEDDED CHERTS AND SHALES, WHICH DIP 45 TO 65 S. W. ORE CONSISTS OF MANGANESE OXIDES WITH SILICA IN THE FORM OF IRON STAINED SKELETONS AND WHITE QUARTZ VEINS. A FAULT STRIKING N 20 E HAS CUT OFF THE ORE.

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. 249 - 250

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 176

Reporter information

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

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