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Vancouver Pinnacles

Occurrence in Monterey county in California, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037052
MRDS ID M030144
Record type Site
Current site name Vancouver Pinnacles
Alternate or previous names Westcott Ranch
Related records 10232532

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.201, 36.43327 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES E. OF SOLEDAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Chalone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Sur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salinas(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pinnacles National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017S 007E 27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result 3.0 % MOS2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.201, 36.43327
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HART, E. W.; 1966 ; MIN. OF MONTEREY CO.; CAL. DIV. MINES & GEO.; CO. RPT. 5 , P. 74

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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