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Gerber Deposit

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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10109398
MRDS ID M020264
Record type Site
Current site name Gerber Deposit
Related records 10238680

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.40935, 37.38214 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI. S. E. OF THE JONES GROUP IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanislaus(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)

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 006S 005E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 27 , UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 20 TO 25 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) -121.40935, 37.38214
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE TO NW
    Dip 20 TO 50 N.
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: LOW GRADE SILICEOUS OXIDE WITH HIGH MANGANESE DIOXIDE CONTENT, OCCURS IN A BED OVER 80 FT. LONG, 1 1/2 TO 5 FT. THICK, AND AVERAGING 2 1/2 FT. IN THICKNESS. THE STRIKE IS NE TO NW, DIPPING 20 TO 50 N.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 290 - 291

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 190

Reporter information

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

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