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Corral Hollow

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027969
MRDS ID M004667
Record type Site
Current site name Corral Hollow
Related records 10138646

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.63409, 37.57185 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED ON STEEP EASTERN SLOPE OF CORRAL HOLLOW, 14 MI. SE OF LIVERMORE, CALIF

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 22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.63409, 37.57185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 45 TO 60 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX-L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN CHERT AND SHALE

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 O. W. Mendenhall
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 200 TONS OF GOOD ORE WAS MINED NEAR THE SURFACE BY J.W. MERCHANT, LESSEE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 46, NO.2, APRIL, 1950, P.343, PL. 58

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 125, P.98

  • Deposit

    BULL. 152, P.19

  • Deposit

    BULL. 140 , PL. 1 (GEOLOGY)

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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