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Brinkerhoffer Mine

Producer in Stanislaus 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. Geologic structures
  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 10033643
MRDS ID M020258
Record type Site
Current site name Brinkerhoffer Mine
Alternate or previous names Brown
Related records 10190395

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.34796, 37.49881 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position NEAR THE SUMMIT OF A SHARP RIDGE EXTENDING E. FROM MT. OSO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanislaus(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Stanislaus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 006E 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE CENTER SECTION 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.34796, 37.49881
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • Length 24.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHORT ORE LENS OCCURS IN AND NEAR THE CENTER OF A SHARP CRUMPLE IN A BED OF PLATY RED, WEATHERED CHERT, OVERLYING SANDSTONE, AND SERPENTINE. THE OUTCROP LENGTH OF ORE IS 80 FT., FACES AVERAGE 2 1/2 FT., AND SHOW MASSIVE OXIDE ORE, WITH A HOMOGENEOUS SUBMETALLIC LUSTRE, IN GANGUE MATERIAL. THE STRIKES ARE NW TO W TO SW, THE FOLD PLUNGING ABOUT 30 N. ORE LENS OCCURS IN OXIAL REGION OF SHARP ANTICLINAL CRUMPLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 287

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 189

Reporter information

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

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