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Southwest of Three Buttes Deposit

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Kyanite
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031491
MRDS ID M010375
Record type Site
Current site name Southwest of Three Buttes Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.24182, 37.41076 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4. ON PATENTED AGRICULTURAL LAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Merced(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 016E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.24182, 37.41076
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ed. P. Waltz ?

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDEVELOPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 202, 334

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANDALUSITE OCCURS IN COLORLESS TO PINK, GLASSY CRYSTALS AVERAGING 3X6 MM IN SEC. AND 20 MM LONG. ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE CRYSTALS CONTAIN ORGANIC MATTER AND NONE APPEAR TO BE PINNITIZED. THE CONCENTRATION OF ANDALUSITE IN THE SLATE VARIES FROM 15 TO 25 PERCENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 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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