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Mt Hamilton Prospect

Occurrence in Santa Clara 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 10238132
MRDS ID M020200
MAS/MILS ID 0060850028
Record type Site
Current site name Mt Hamilton Prospect
Related records 10095193

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.67323, 37.35072 (WGS84)
Elevation 792

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lick Observatory(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(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 Santa Clara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 003 E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.67323, 37.35072
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Backman, H.
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEO. V. 50, NO.2, APR. 1954, P.401.

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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