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A. M. Kelley Prospect

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077460
MRDS ID W025110
Record type Site
Current site name A. M. Kelley Prospect
Related records 10140986

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.68158, 37.13659 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 2 MI. S.W. OF MADRONE ON A LOW RIDGE AT THE HEAD OF A SMALL FLAT FLOORED VALLEY, TRIBUTARY TO THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY, AND 1000 FT. S.W. OF MORGAN HILL PROSPECT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pajaro(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(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 009S 003E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS RADIOLARIAN CHERTS WITH CONSIDERABLE INTRUSIVE GREENSTONE AND SERPENTINE. THE CHERTS, MOSTLY THIN-BEDDED, ARE STAINED BY MANGANESE OXIDE IN PLACES. A MASSIVE CHERT BODY OF VARIEGATED COLORS IS CUT BY MANY FISSURES FILLED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE. THE OXIDE ALSO OCCURS AS STAINS, IMPREGNATIONS AND SMALL POCKETS IN MASSIVE CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 253 - 254

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 177

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. R.I. 5579 , P. 26

Reporter information

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

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