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Chambers

Occurrence in San Benito 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10095182
MRDS ID M020104
Record type Site
Current site name Chambers
Related records 10188626

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.96516, 36.37494 (WGS84)
Relative position E. SIDE OF BITTERWATER VALLEY, 17 MI. N. E. OF KING CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lonoak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coalinga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salinas(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Benito

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018S 009E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON 5 1/2 SECTION 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 17.11 PERCENT MANGANESE

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W TO N 30 E
    Dip 15 W
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIN-BEDDED RED CHERT ENCLOSES A MASSIVE BED OF MANGANIFEROUS RED, BUFF AND ORANGE CHERT. THE ORE BED IS 1/2 TO 2 FT. THICK, AND EXPOSED FOR A LENGTH OF 100 FT. THE BED OCCURS WITHIN 2 BRANCHES OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT ZONE, AND HAS A GENERAL STRIKE OF N. 20 W. TO N 30 E, DIPPING 15 W. MOST OF THE ORE IS STAINS AND COATINGS OF MANGANESE OXIDES, WITH A FEW SEAMS OF CHERTY HARD PSILOMELANE TYPE ORE 1 TO 2 INCHES THICK. SOME BEMENTITE MAY BE PRESENT.

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. 185 - 186

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 158

Reporter information

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

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