Harper Prospect

Occurrence in Fresno county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033450
MRDS ID M020011
Record type Site
Current site name Harper Prospect
Related records 10114943, 10249489

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.35402, 36.93327 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MI W OF WATTS VALLEY POST OFFICE AND 25 MI NE OF CLOVIS ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trimmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 024E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AS RHODONITE ROCK CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE QUARTZ, ORE IS OF MINOR COMMERCIAL VALUE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Spessartite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.35402, 36.93327

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENSES OF RHODONITE OR QUARTZ RHODONITE ROCK IN QUARTZ BEDS WHICH GRADES INTO QUARTZ SERICITE AND QUARTZ BIOTITE SCHISTS. THE LENSES ARE USUALLY 8 TO 10 IN. WIDE AND EXIST WITHIN DEFINITE HORIZONS IN THE SCHISTS. NEAR A GRANITE CONTACT THE ORE IS ALTERED TO A COARSELY CRYSTALLINE RHODONITE-QUARTZ-SPESSARITE ROCK ENCLOSED IN A COARSE GRAINED QUARTZ-MICA ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 53 - 54

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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