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Bacon and Kenney Prospect

Prospect in Napa 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097033
MRDS ID M010742
Record type Site
Current site name Bacon and Kenney Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45995, 38.4385 (WGS84)
Elevation 675
Relative position 3.5 MI. W. OF OAKVILLE, 5 MI. BY ROAD. NEAR SUMMIT OF DIVIDE BETWEEN SONOMA CREEK AND NAPA CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Napa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rutherford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pablo 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 Napa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 005W 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45995, 38.4385
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OCCURS AS IMPREGNATIONS AND VEINLETS IN BLOCKS OF RADIOLARIAN CHERT ENCLOSED IN GREENSTONE. CHERT HAS BEEN RENDERED MASSIVE BY INTRUSIVE GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. W. Kenney And Thomas Bacon

Comments on the production information

  • SOME DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE, BUT THE DEPOSIT WAS TOO SMALL AND OF TOO LOW GRADE TO WARRANT EXPLOITATION. IDLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. BULL. 125, 1943, P.145

  • Deposit

    BULL. 76, 1918, P. 51

  • Deposit

    REPT. 25, 1929, P. 219; ADD. REF.: BULL. 152, 1950, P. 156

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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