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Mammouth Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095192
MRDS ID M020196
Record type Site
Current site name Mammouth Mine
Related records 10116927

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.48741, 37.41492 (WGS84)
Relative position 3/4 MI. E. OF A POINT ON THE ARROYO MOCHO ROAD ABOUT 32 MI. S. E. OF LIVERMORE, ON ONE OF THE TRIBUTARIES OF SAN ANTONIO CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Boardman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(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 Santa Clara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 004E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.48741, 37.41492
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip N. E.
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDS OF MASSIVE SILICEOUS OXIDE ORE VARY IN THICKNESS, AND ARE THOUGHT TO BE PARTS OF A SINGLE BED, DIPPING GENERALLY N. E., BUT IN DETAIL WARPED AND BROKEN BY MINOR FAULTS. THICKNESS VARIES FROM 3 TO 6 FT. AT ONE PLACE A LENS OF CHERT 1.5 FT. THICK DIVIDES THE ORE BODY IN 2 PARTS.

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. 254

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 178

Reporter information

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

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