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Jasper Prospect

Occurrence in Tuolumne 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 10033741
MRDS ID M020385
Record type Site
Current site name Jasper Prospect
Related records 10141730

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.49961, 37.8377 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI. N. E. OF KEYSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chinese Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 013E 23,24 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NE 1/4 SECTION 23 , NW 1/4 SECTION 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result PROBABLY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT MANGANESE

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BANDED QUARTZITE (PROBABLY METACHERT) IS CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 6 INCHES THICK. MANGANESE STAINS OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES, AND A 1 FT. THICK ZONE IS PARTIALLY PENETRATED BY MANGANESE OXIDES. QUARTZITE IS ENCLOSED IN QUARTZ MICA SCHIST WHICH STRIKES N 65 W AND DIPS 60 N. E. A SERPENTINE BELT LIES TO THE N. E. 1/2 MI. W. GREEN META VOLCANICS CONTAIN MANGANESE OXIDE STAINS ALONG FRACTURES. ROCKS STRIKE N 40 W AND DIP 70 N. E.

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. 344

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 207

Reporter information

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

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