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Mendenhall Mine

Producer 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109079
MRDS ID M004662
Record type Site
Current site name Mendenhall Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.59186, 37.60435 (WGS84)
Elevation 536
Relative position LOCATED HALF A MILE SOUTH OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN ROAD, 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIVERMORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin Delta(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.59186, 37.60435
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. J. Rodriguez
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1893 THIS MINE PRODUCED 120 TONS OF GOOD ORE, BUT THE VEIN BECAME NARROW AT DEPTH AND WORK WAS SUSPENDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BULL. 152, P.24

  • Deposit

    BULL. 125, P.100

  • Deposit

    BULL. 140 PL. 1 (GEOLOGY)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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