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Surprise Claim

Prospect in Mariposa 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139521
MRDS ID M009519
MAS/MILS ID 0060430006
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise Claim
Alternate or previous names M Q Prospect
Related records 10030989

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.06379, 37.65772 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 017 E 23 E2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.06379, 37.65772
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. B Pine
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR MINES , GEOL; V. 53, NOS. 1,2;JAN-APR, 1957, PP

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, P. 111-112

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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