Du Frene Prospect

Prospect in Amador 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 10187583
MRDS ID M004877
MAS/MILS ID 0060050004
Record type Site
Current site name Du Frene Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pacific Mine, Empire Mine
Related records 10097002

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -120.86962, 38.3416 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 N 010 E 27 C SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -120.86962, 38.3416

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Du Frene
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JOUR MINES AND GEOL V 50 NO 1 JAN 1954 P 268 PL 1

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 152 P 28

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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