Evans Manganese Prospects

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095190
MRDS ID M020151
Record type Site
Current site name Evans Manganese Prospects
Related records 10257208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.30822, 35.78773 (WGS84)
Relative position ON STEEP HILLS ABOVE SAN CARPOJARO CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burro Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cambria(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)

Federal lands

Los Padres National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025S 006E 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROSPECT IS IN SEC. 3 , THE OTHER 2 MI. DISTANT, UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 48 TO 37 PERCENT METALLIC MANGANESE, 8 PERCENT SILICA.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.30822, 35.78773

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE IN A JASPER LENS 10 FT. IN WIDTH. THE LENS STRIKES N 60 E, AND IS HEAVILY STAINED WITH MANGANESE FOR 60 FT. A POCKET OF MANGANESE OXIDES IS 5 FT. WIDE. MANGANESE OXIDES ARE FOUND IN BUNCHES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 230

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 168

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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