1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Hobson Claims

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033559
MRDS ID M020155
Record type Site
Current site name Hobson Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77598, 35.44719 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI. E. OF CAYUROS ON THE W. SIDE OF THE SANTA LUCIA RANGE BETWEEN MORRO AND TORO CREEKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morro Bay North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Los Padres 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 San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 011E California

Comments on the location information

  • THIS DEPOSIT MAY BE A CONTINUATION OF THE PHELAN PROSPECT OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.77598, 35.44719
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHERT BED 10 TO 15 FT. WIDE IS COATED WITH MANGANESE OXIDES.

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. 231

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 169

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHERT BED 10 TO 15 FT. WIDE IS COATED WITH MANGANESE OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 10-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.