Triple Jump Claim

Occurrence in Santa Clara county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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 10095194
MRDS ID M020203
Record type Site
Current site name Triple Jump Claim
Related records 10287050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43463, 37.38159 (WGS84)
Relative position ON N. SIDE OF BEAUREGARDE CREEK, ABOUT 1000 FT. W. OF THE LOCATION MONUMENT OF THE BLACK EAGLE CLAIM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Boardman(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 006S 005E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 28 , UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 10 TO 40 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43463, 37.38159

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IS SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE, 2 FT. WIDE, IN WHITE CHERT ADJACENT TO GREENSTONE BODY 30 FT. THICK. AT N. W. END A SERIES OF ORE BLOCKS, 2 TO 5 FT WIDE, ARE EXPOSED OVER A DISTANCE OF 40 FT., STRIKING N 30 W, AND DIPPING 20 S. W. THESE ARE CUT BY SMALL QUARTZ VEINS. ADJACENT SHALE HAS BEEN CHLORITIZED. ANOTHER ORE BODY IS 10 FT. LONG, 4 FT. WIDE.

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. 263

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 180

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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