Cedar Tree Claims 1 and 2

Occurrence in Santa Clara county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033585
MRDS ID M020186
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Tree Claims 1 and 2
Related records 10164798

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43241, 37.36936 (WGS84)
Relative position S. SIDE OF BEAUREGARDE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Clara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 005E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 35 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43241, 37.36936

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 15.24M
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DISSEMINATED MANGANESE OXIDE IN WHITE CHERT IS EXPOSED FOR 50 FT, WITH MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 2 FT. IT IS DISPLACED BY SEVERAL FAULTS. ON N. SIDE, ORE BODY LIES ALMOST PARALLEL TO GROUND, DIPPING 15 N, BUT ON THE S. SIDE IT IS FOLDED INTO A SHARP ANTICLINE. FOOTWALL IS SHALY CHERT, AND HANGING WALL IS THIN BEDDED BROWN CHERT. FOOTWALL EXPOSED CONTAINS 4 FT. OF LOW GRADE ORE.

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. 248

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 175

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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