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Fries Ranch

Occurrence in San Benito 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. Ore body information
  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 10033525
MRDS ID M020105
Record type Site
Current site name Fries Ranch
Related records 10140142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.12044, 36.82493 (WGS84)
Relative position REACHED BY WAY OF QUIEN SABE VALLEY, WHICH IS 25 MI. BY ROAD FROM HOLLISTER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Benito

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013S 008E 05,08 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 15 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.12044, 36.82493
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. W.
    Dip 35 S. W.
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANIFEROUS CHERT BED WITHIN HOMODINAL BEDS OF GREENISH TO WHITE OR CREAM COLORED FRANCISCAN CHERT, WHICH STRIKE N. W. AND DIP 35 S. W. THE ORE BED IS 1 FT. THICK, AND WEATHERING HAS PRODUCED SECONDARY OXIDES TO A DEPTH OF 8 FT.

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. 186

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 158

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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