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Gleason

Prospect in Nevada 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031696
MRDS ID M010899
Record type Site
Current site name Gleason

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10909, 39.03433 (WGS84)
Relative position LIES BT. THE MANGA-CHROME AND SMITH DEPOSITS (SECS. 17 & 32)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Combie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 008E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10909, 39.03433
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHERTY MANGANESE BED, 2 FT. WIDE, ENCLOSED IN CHERT AND PHYLLITE, WHICH ARE ENCLOSED IN GREENSTONE. BEDS STRIKE N 25 W, AND DIP 70 NE. ORE IS LOW GRADE, PROBABLY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. C. Stearns, D. F. Owens

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED. ACTIVE WHEN EXAMINED 1940-42.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZED CUT 50 FT. LONG, 15 FT. WIDE AND 6 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125, P. 147

  • Deposit

    BULL. 152, 1950, P. 162

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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