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Winegar

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077458
MRDS ID W025108
Record type Site
Current site name Winegar
Related records 10189730

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.5788, 37.47908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position 5.1 MI. BY ROAD FROM ARROYO MOCHO ROAD AND 27 MI FROM LIVERMORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eylar Mountain(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 005S 004E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 15 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.5788, 37.47908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL BEDS OF SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE ORE SEPARATED ALONG THE STRIKE BY ABOUT 80 FT. OF BARREN CHERT. THE UPPER BED HAS VARYING STRIKE AND DIP, WITH AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 4 1/2 FT. LOWER BED IS 60 FT. LONG, AND 3 TO 6 FT. THICK. IT IS ENCLOSED IN SHALY CHERT STRIKING N 30 W AND DIPPING STEEPLY N.E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEO., V. 50 , NO. 2 , APR. 1954 , P. 416

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 264

Reporter information

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

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