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O'Connell Prospect

Occurrence in Sonoma 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. 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 10095200
MRDS ID M020248
Record type Site
Current site name O'Connell Prospect
Related records 10263297

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.0233, 38.71238 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE N. SIDE OF WARM SPRINGS CREEK, ABOUT 1/3 MI. E. OF SKAGGS SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warm Springs Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Arena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sonoma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 011W 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.0233, 38.71238
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE ORE LENS 4 FT. LONG, 1 FT. WIDE IS CONTAINED IN HIGHLY SHEARED, BLEACHED, RED FRANCISCAN CHERT. ORE LENS IS A THIN FAULTED SLIVER. SHEARING IS EXTREME RESULTING IN AN INDECIPHERABLE FAULT PATTERN. CHERT BED APPEARS TO BE 20 FT. THICK AND IS BOUNDED BY GREENSTONE ABOVE AND BELOW. GENERAL STRIKE IS N 60 W, WITH MODERATE N. E. DIP.

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. 284 - 285

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 187

Reporter information

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

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

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