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Snowy No. 1 Claim

Occurrence in Kern 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095172
MRDS ID M020049
Record type Site
Current site name Snowy No. 1 Claim
Alternate or previous names Cuddy
Related records 10285427

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.06982, 34.87832 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NEASON RIDGE W. OF LEBEC IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION AT THE HEAD OF PLEITO CREEK, 17.5 MI. BY ROAD FROM LEBEC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pleito Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Los Padres National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009N 021W 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 3 TO 13 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS MANGANIFEROUS ROCK IS ENCLOSED IN A HIGHLY QUARTZOSE COARSE GRAINED QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST. SCHIST AND MARBLE EXPOSED ARE PROBABLY ROOF PENDANTS IN THE GRANITE THAT UNDERLIES MOST OF THE AREA. THE SCHIST STRIKES GENERALLY TO THE N. E. AND DIPS STEEPLY TO THE S. E. MANGANESE OXIDE STAINS ARE MOST HARD PSILOMELANE AND SOME SOFT BLACK OXIDE.

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. 86 - 87

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 123

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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