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Sharp Prospect

Occurrence in Sonoma 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033637
MRDS ID M020251
Record type Site
Current site name Sharp Prospect
Related records 10287582

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.67107, 38.55488 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI. E. OF MARK WEST SPRINGS, AND 7 MI. W. OF CALISTOGA BY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mark West Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sonoma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 007W 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.67107, 38.55488
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SILICEOUS ZONE IN FRANCISCAN GREENSTONE. IT IS HEAVILY STAINED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE AND LOCALLY CARRIES A FEW PERCENT METALLIC MANGANESE

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. 285

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 188

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.

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