Windeler Claims

Occurrence in Tuolumne 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. Materials information
  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 10033746
MRDS ID M020390
Record type Site
Current site name Windeler Claims
Related records 10117823

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.34961, 38.08602 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI. BY ROAD S. TO SONORA, IN THE VICINITY OF AMERICAN CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 015E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • 11 CLAIMS LOCATED, UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Spessartite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.34961, 38.08602

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE FROM ONE CLAIM CONSISTS OF PARTIALLY OXIDIZED BROWN MANGANESE GARNET (SPESSARTITE) ROCK, FROM CLAIM ON WILLOW CREEK. ANOTHER CLAIM IN CREEK 1/8 MI. W. OF AMERICAN CAMP HAS BIOTITE AND AMPHIBOLITE SCHISTS CUT BY CALCITE VEINS, WITH VERY FEW MANGANESE STAINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 345 - 346

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 66 , 208

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.

Authoritative California resources

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