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Morey Prospect

Occurrence in Santa Barbara 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033578
MRDS ID M020177
Record type Site
Current site name Morey Prospect
Related records 10213476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.98123, 34.68388 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE SUMMIT OF A KNOLL ON A SHARP N. E. TRENDING RIDGE, AND S. TO MOREY CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Figueroa Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ynez(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 Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007N 029W 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.98123, 34.68388
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLOCKS OF MANGANESE ORE AND LARGE ANGULAR BLOCKS OF THIN BEDDED CHERT OCCUR IN A MATRIX OF SOIL WHICH RESTS ON WELL-BEDDED BOULDER BEDS OF TERTIARY AGE. BOULDER BEDS DIP GENTLY N. E. FRANCISCAN ROCKS APPEAR WHERE SLOPE INCREASES. MOST PROBABLE EXPLANATION IS THAT TERTIARY BEDS WERE FAULTED DOWN AGAINST FRANCISCAN, AND NOW DEGRADED FAULT SCARP CONTAINED LENS OF MANGANESE ORE FROM WHICH LARGE BLOCKS WERE DROPPED ONTO ADJACENT SURFACE OF TERTIARY BEDS.

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. 242

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 67 , 173

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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