1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Staneuche Mine

Producer in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033571
MRDS ID M020169
Record type Site
Current site name Staneuche Mine
Alternate or previous names Staneuche
Related records 10189429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.72458, 35.25608 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI. BY ROAD S. W. TO SAN LUIS OBISPO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031S 012E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 40 TO 55 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.72458, 35.25608
ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS WITHIN PROMINENT LAYER OF CHERT WHICH STRIKES N. 55 W. ORE BED VARIES FROM A FEW INCHES TO OVER 4 FT. IN THICKNESS, AND LIES BETWEEN A BED OF MASSIVE YELLOW CHERT ON THE S. AND THIN-BEDDED GREEN AND RED CHERT ON THE N. THE WHOLE SERIES DIPS 25 TO 80 N. E. AT LOWEST LEVELS THE ORE IS HAUSMANNITE, A MASSIVE FINELY CRYSTALLINE DARK BROWN MANGANESE OXIDE, WITH PINK CARBONATE CRYSTALS STRUNG OUT IN RUDE LAYERS. PSILOMELANE IS FOUND IN UPPER LEVELS. NUMEROUS FAULTS CUT THE AREA, AND THE CHERT IS FOLDED AND CONTORTED IN PLACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 237 - 239

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 171

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.