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Coast Manganese

Producer in Stanislaus 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109397
MRDS ID M020261
Record type Site
Current site name Coast Manganese
Related records 10238390

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.39019, 37.51492 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MI. S. OF THE BUCKEYE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanislaus(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Tree Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Stanislaus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 005E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 30 TO 35 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.39019, 37.51492
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E TO N 45 E
    Dip 45 TO 60 NW
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHALY BLACK OXIDE ORE BED 1 1/2 FT. THICK IS ENCLOSED IN MASSIVE RED AND WHITE CHERT, WHICH IS INTERBEDDED IN THIN-BEDDED RED AND GRAY TO GREEN SHALY CHERT AND SHALE. ORE BED STRIKES E TO N 45 E, DIPS 45 TO 60 N. W., AND IS LOCALLY WARPED AND WRINKLED. THE BED PINCHES AND SWELLS FROM 1 TO 2 FT. THICK, AND CONSISTS OF BLACK OXIDE, THE HARD PSILOMELANE TYPE AND SOFT BLACK OXIDE. IT CONTAINS PATCHES OF LIMONITE STAINED CELLULAR SILICA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 290

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 189

Reporter information

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

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