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Manini Property

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033787
MRDS ID M020432
Record type Site
Current site name Manini Property
Related records 10286357

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87265, 35.4569 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MT. TO CAYUCOS

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 028S 010E 34,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result PYRRHOTITE ASSAYED BETWEEN 0.05 AND 0.12 PERCENT NICKEL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.87265, 35.4569
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA UNDERLAIN BY SERPENTINITE, SANDSTONE, CHERT AND VOLCANIC ROCKS OF FRANCISCAN FORMATION. LOCALLY SANDSTONE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A DARK, FINE-GRAINED CHLORITIC SCHIST IN WHICH PYRRHOTITE IS SAID TO OCCUR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1945

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fee Land

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: NICKEL IDENTIFIED IN 1940'S

Reporter information

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

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