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Santo

Prospect in Nevada 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 10097035
MRDS ID M010892
Record type Site
Current site name Santo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.1152, 39.07239 (WGS84)
Relative position W. SIDE OF THE WOLF CREEK ROAD, ABOUT A MI. N. OF THE MANGACHROME MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Combie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 008E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN N 1/2 SECTION 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.1152, 39.07239
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE RED CHERT CONTAINS MANGANESE OXIDE STAINS AND ONE STRINGER 1 TO 2 INCHES THICK OF PSILOMELANE-TYPE OXIDE. CHERT STRIKES N 40 W. AND DIPS 80 N.E., AND IS IN CONTACT WITH DECOMPOSED GREENSTONE TO THE N.E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. A. Santo

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 10 FT. BY 10 FT. BY 10 FT. AND A TUNNEL 15 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125, P. 148

  • Deposit

    BULL. 152, 1950, P. 167

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

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