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Mexican Prospect

Occurrence in Santa Clara 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 10033597
MRDS ID M020199
Record type Site
Current site name Mexican Prospect
Related records 10165034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.4188, 37.38353 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE RIDGE BETWEEN THE 2 FORKS OF THE 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 Boardman(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 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 25 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.4188, 37.38353
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Length 36.58M
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 ORE BODIES LIE ALONG REGIONAL STRIKE, BUT DO NOT APPEAR TO BE IN THE SAME STRATIGRAPHIC HORIZON. ORE IS SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE AND BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES IN WHITE CHERT. SMALL FAULTS OFFSET THE STEEPLY DIPPING ORE BODIES.

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. 255

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 179

Reporter information

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

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