Jones Group-Nos.1-9

Past Producer in Santa Clara county in California, United States with commodities Manganese, Silica
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262687
MRDS ID W025096
MAS/MILS ID 0060850017
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Group-Nos.1-9
Alternate or previous names Jones Deposits West-No. Iii,Iv,V, Jones Deposits East-I&Ii
Related records 10111040

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.46412, 37.40022 (WGS84)
Elevation 829
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Boardman(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 006 S 005 E 27 C N2NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.46412, 37.40022

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 40M
    Length 90M
    Width 20M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N40W:60S
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Black Wonder District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stadtler, P. N And Lois
    Interest 100
    Home office 25755 American Ave.,Hilmar,CA 95324
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRASK-GEO DESCRIPT MN DEPS.OF CAL-CAL.DIV.OF MINES,BUL.152,A

  • Deposit

    VOLIN-INVESTIG BLK WONDER MN.DEPS-USBM RPT OF INVEST,5254 SE

  • Deposit

    JENKINS-MN IN CALIF-CAL.DIV.OF MINES BUL 125 DEC 1943

  • Deposit

    TRENGOVE-RECON OF CAL MN DEPS-USBM RPT OF INVEST.5579-1960

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TONNAGE ESTIMATES ARE FOR E.AND W.DEPOSITS COMBINED,-E.DEP.I

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Niemi 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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