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Reported Occurrence.

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031203
MRDS ID M009838
Record type Site
Current site name Reported Occurrence.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -119.87151, 37.6666 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra 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 Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 019E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORIGINAL SAMPLE HEAVY MATERIAL FOUND IN QUARTZITE, IDENTIFIED AS A NEW BARIUM SILICATE MINERAL AND NAMED "SANBORNITE". IT IS THERE ASSOCIATED WITH A RARE RED BARIUM IRON SILICATE, GILLESPITE. THERE IS ALSO PRESENT A BROWNISH MATERIAL LATER IDENTIFIED TARAMELLITE, A BARIUM IRON SILICATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM MIN. INF. SVCE, V. 15, NO. 6, 1962, P. 1-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED BY ANTHONY MARSH, 1930. MATERIAL WAS, IN 1961, AGAIN IDENTIFIED WITH MATERIAL SENT IN FROM INLINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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