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Mello Prospects

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo 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 10033564
MRDS ID M020161
Record type Site
Current site name Mello Prospects
Related records 10189434

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.60041, 35.23914 (WGS84)
Relative position WITHIN 0.5 MI. FROM THE ROAD FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO TO EDNA, WHICH RUNS E. OF ISLAY HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arroyo Grande NE(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031S 013E 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 8; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 10 TO 15 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.60041, 35.23914
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN N. W. DEPOSIT ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR THIN FILMS OF MANGANESE OXIDE IN THIN-BEDDED CHERT AT THE BASE OF A MASSIVE CHERT BED STRIKING N. 80 W. AND DIPPING 45 N. E. ORE IN S. DEPOSIT OCCURS AS POCKETS IN BROWN LEECHED CHERT, INTERBEDDED WITH A REPLACEMENT (?) BRECCIA OF CHERT AND QUARTZ.

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 PP. 234 - 235

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 170

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN N. W. DEPOSIT ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR THIN FILMS OF MANGANESE OXIDE IN THIN-BEDDED CHERT AT THE BASE OF A MASSIVE CHERT BED STRIKING N. 80 W. AND DIPPING 45 N. E. ORE IN S. DEPOSIT OCCURS AS POCKETS IN BROWN LEECHED CHERT, INTERBEDDED WITH A REPLACEMENT (?) BRECCIA OF CHERT AND QUARTZ.

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

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