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Baker Ranch

Occurrence in Sonoma 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 10033629
MRDS ID M020240
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Ranch
Related records 10190254

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.78996, 38.76432 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI. BY ROAD N. W. OF MIDDLETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Geysers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sonoma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 008W 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 42 PERCENT MANGANESE, 18 PERCENT SILICA.

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE ORE FLOAT FOUND IN SEVERAL PLACES. 2 LOCATIONS OF SILICEOUS MATERIAL HEAVILY STAINED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE, AND ONE LOCATION OF HIGH GRADE ORE, FOUND IN PLACE. ORE UNDERLIES BED OF MASSIVE ORANGE JASPER, STRIKING E - W, AND DIPPING 20 S. ORE IS MASSIVE RED BROWN MATERIAL, WITH MANGANESE OXIDE COATING SURFACES. SOME PALE PINK MANGANESE CARBONATE IS MIXED WITH THE 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 PP. 282 - 283

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 186

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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