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Gale Prospect

Prospect in Mariposa 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097025
MRDS ID M009251
Record type Site
Current site name Gale Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.26155, 37.69798 (WGS84)
Elevation 341
Relative position SE1/4. ON SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 132,200 YDS. SE OF THE GALE RANCH HOUSE AND 7.3 MI. W OF COULTERVILLE. MAY BE PROSPECT SHOWN IN SE 1/4 OF SEC. ON USGS QUAD. MERCED FALLS, CALIF., 1954 & PENON BLANCO PEAK 1962. NO MANGANESE WAS SEEN WHEN INVESTIGATED.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penon Blanco Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 015E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.26155, 37.69798
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE TO THICK BEDDED CHERT WITH MANGANESE STAINS, AND SOME STRINGERS OF PSILOMELANE UP TO 1/2 INCH THICK. THE CHERT STRIKES N. - S. AND DIPS 70 E. IT IS PROBABLY PART OF THE HUNTER VALLEY CHERT OF THE AMADOR GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. T. Gale
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • NO MANGANESE ORE WAS SEEN.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT 6 FT. SQUARE AND 20 FT. DEEP BUT NO SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN. - APRIL, 1957, P. 324

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 152, 1950, P. 109

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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