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Nelson Bailey Mine, Newhall

Producer in Alameda 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027965
MRDS ID M004660
Record type Site
Current site name Nelson Bailey Mine, Newhall
Related records 10138710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.63881, 37.60435 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI. FROM ARROYO MACHO ROAD, 12 MI SOUTH OF LIVERMORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mendenhall Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(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 Alameda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 003E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 OF SECTION 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

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) -121.63881, 37.60435
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 80 E
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX - L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL BEDS OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE OXIDES IN SHALY CHERT - GRADE AVE. 20 TO 25 % MANGANESE. THE ORE CONSISTS OF THIN VEINLETS OF MANGANESE OXIDE. STRIKE OF MAIN ORE BED IS N 30 E AND DIPPING 80 E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Holm Brothers
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • MINE HAS PRODUCED 100 TONS OF ORE IN 1918. MORE THAN 85 TONS OF ORE WAS PILED ON THE DUMPS IN 1942. ADDITIONAL ORE, BUT NOT IN GREAT QUANTITY , IS AVAILABLE IN SOME OF THE WORKINGS; OTHERS SHOW LITTLE PROMISE

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 46, NO.2, APRIL. 1950, P.340, PL. 58

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 76, P.27

  • Deposit

    BULL. 125, P.100

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADD. REF. NO.4. BULL. 152, P. 24-25; NO.5. BULL. 140, P.66, PL. 1; NO.6. 25TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P.436

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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