Man Ridge Mine

Past Producer in Alameda 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. 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 10162713
MRDS ID M004925
MAS/MILS ID 0060010019
Record type Site
Current site name Man Ridge Mine
Alternate or previous names Elliot, Mobile & Searles Lease
Related records 10109102

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.58432, 37.50991 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(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 Francisco Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alameda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005 S 004 E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.58432, 37.50991

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phil Winegar
    Home office California
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Most, Arthur
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEO. V. 46, NO.2, APRIL 1950, P.339, PL

  • Deposit

    CJMG 46 NO2 P340 PI 58

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 152 P23 BULL 125 P100 BULL 140 P66 PI 1 25TH RE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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