Fabian Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109387
MRDS ID M020144
Record type Site
Current site name Fabian Mine
Related records 10286802

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.50102, 37.61102 (WGS84)
Relative position 2000 FT N. W. OF THE LADD MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Joaquin(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 San Joaquin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 004E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 20 TO 30 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.50102, 37.61102

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY IS 200 FT LONG, WITH MANGANESE OXIDE TO 8 FT IN THICKNESS IN UPPER LEVELS, AND CARBONATE AND BEMENTITE IN LOWER LEVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 222

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 166

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 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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