Fable Mine

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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10213655
MRDS ID M020190
MAS/MILS ID 0060850015
Record type Site
Current site name Fable Mine
Alternate or previous names Camp Bessie, Maltby, Pacific Magnesite Co., Western Magnesite Development Co., American Magnesite Co.
Related records 10033589

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.51822, 37.45432 (WGS84)
Elevation 868
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

Eylar Mountain(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 005 S 004 E 34 NWSWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.51822, 37.45432

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 37S
    Thickness 8M
    Length 25M
    Width 2M
    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 N60W:37S
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nelson, Bud - (Trustee)
    Interest 100
    Home office 11637 Algere Dr., Dublin, Ca 94566
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    17TH RPT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST-CAL.STATE MINING BUREAU-J

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8-4-75-SEVERAL ADDT REFS LISTED IN BUL 125 8-5-75-THIS PROPERTY HAS 13 OWNERS-BUD NELSON SERVES AS TRUS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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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