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Mc Creary Ranch

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 10095183
MRDS ID M020109
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Creary Ranch
Related records 10140402

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.01294, 36.68272 (WGS84)
Relative position N. OF ANTELOPE CREEK, 35 MI. BY ROAD E. OF HOLLISTER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Panoche Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pajaro(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 014S 009E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN 5 1/2 SECTION 29 , UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 54 PERCENT MANGANESE, 1.3 PERCENT IRON, 2.5 PERCENT SILICA.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.01294, 36.68272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE ENCLOSED IN MASSIVE WHITE AND PALE-GREEN CHERT CONTAINING MANGANESE OXIDE STAINS WITH CROSS-CUTTING QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 2 INCHES THICK. SOME ORE OCCURS IN IRREGULAR POCKETS. THE MASSIVE CHERT MAY CONTAIN SOME BEMENTITE OR NEOTOCITE, AND HAS A GENERAL STRIKE OF N 35 E, DIPPING 40 N. W. AT THE EASTERLY CUT. THE CHERT IS IN CONTACT WITH GREENSTONE. THE ORE IS CHIEFLY HARD, BLUE-BLACK PSILOMELANE TYPE, WITH SOME SOFT BLACK OXIDE, HEMATITE STAINS AND SOME PATCHES OF CELLULAR SILICA.

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. 188

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 159

Reporter information

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

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