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Thornberry Deposit

Occurrence in Madera 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033493
MRDS ID M020062
Record type Site
Current site name Thornberry Deposit
Related records 10285341

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.53514, 37.27161 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est At Intersection Of T007/008s, R021/022e.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bass Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Joaquin(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 Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S;008S 021E;022E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 2 TO 6 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.53514, 37.27161
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE FILMS ON A BED OF QUARTZITE 20 FT. THICK, WHICH STRIKES N. 55 W., AND DIPS 70 S. W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 105

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 130

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE OXIDE FILMS ON A BED OF QUARTZITE 20 FT. THICK, WHICH STRIKES N. 55 W., AND DIPS 70 S. W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-77 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 13-NOV-97 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-98 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

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