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Perini Peyton Et Al, Lease

Producer in Amador 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109110
MRDS ID M005240
Record type Site
Current site name Perini Peyton Et Al, Lease
Related records 10284082

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.62768, 38.42129 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI E. OF PINE GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 012E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE 10 TO 40 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.62768, 38.42129
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip STEEPLY E
    Thickness 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: POCKETS 1 TO 3 FT. THICK OF PSILOMELANE WITH PYROLUCITE AND RHODONITE ENCLOSED IN 8 FT. WIDE BAND OF MASSIVE META-CHERT. META-CHERT IS RECRYSTALLIZED FINE GRAINED QUARTZITE. IT IS ENCLOSED IN QUARTZ MICA SCHISTS, SOME OF WHICH RESEMBLE META-TUFFS. SMALL QUARTZ VEINLETS CUT THROUGH THE META-CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Benjamino Perini
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 1 CARLOAD OF MANGANESE ORE MINED AND SHIPPED DURING WWI. DURING WWII SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE OF UNKNOWN GRADE MINED AND SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 74 FT. DEEP, 250 FT. CROSSCUT ON 40 FT. LEVEL, A SMALL SHAFT, SEVERAL EXTENSIVE BULLDOZING CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 202, 269, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    CJM&G V. 39, NO. 3, JULY 1943, P. 311-12

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 31

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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