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Sausalito Point

Producer in Marin 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030787
MRDS ID M009192
Record type Site
Current site name Sausalito Point
Related records 10163591

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.49272, 37.85962 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. W. SAUSALITO. PROJECTED SECTION UNCERTAIN. LOCATED "NEAR THE SUMMIT OF ONE OF THE MOUNTAINS" WEST OF SAUSALITO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Francisco North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pablo 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 Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 006W 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.49272, 37.85962
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDES ASSOCIATED WITH MASSIVE CHERT. OXIDE MOSTLY LOW GRADE, BUT ONE LENS OF GOOD ORE IS 15 INCHES THICK AND CAN BE TRACED FOR 6 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marin Land And Cattle Co.

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1882 A SMALL AMOUNT OF MANGANESE ORE WAS MINED AND USED AS A FLUX IN A CUSTOM SMELTER IN SAUSALITO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 51, NO. 3, JULY 1955, P. 262, 282

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 125, P. 131

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, P. 106

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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