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Sunshine Deposit

Unknown in Calaveras 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 10235607
MRDS ID M007002
MAS/MILS ID 0060090013
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Deposit
Related records 10029469

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.4282, 38.19431 (WGS84)
Elevation 976

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphys(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 N 014 E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.4282, 38.19431
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. S Pierce
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RI 5579, P 22; CALIF BULL 152, P 47; USGS CRIB

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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