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Friggel Prospect

Occurrence in Alameda 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095037
MRDS ID M004680
Record type Site
Current site name Friggel Prospect
Related records 10162450

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.63853, 37.57547 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR THE DEWHIRST MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mendenhall Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alameda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 003E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 22 UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.63853, 37.57547
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL LARGE BLOCKS OF SILICEOUS MANGANESE ORE LIE IN SOIL AND BROKEN CHERT. THE RELATIONS ARE NOT CLEAR BUT THE MATERIAL SEEMS TO OWE ITS PRESENT POSITION TO LANDSLIDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arthur A. Holm
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION. NO MATERIAL OF COMMERCIAL VALUE WAS SEEN (1917)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 46, NO.2, APRIL, 1950, P. 344, PL. 58

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 125, P.99

  • Deposit

    BULL. 152, P.21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADD. REF. NO.4. BULL. 140, PL. 1 (GEOLOGY); NO.5. 25TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 436

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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