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Ellis Ranch Deposit

Producer in Alameda 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109077
MRDS ID M004653
Record type Site
Current site name Ellis Ranch Deposit
Related records 10138519

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.65103, 37.64408 (WGS84)
Relative position THE VEIN OUTCROPS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF A GULCH 1/4 OF A MILE SOUTH OF THE TESLA ROAD, ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIVERMORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Altamont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(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 Alameda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 003E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE 42 % TO 43 % MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) Franciscan melange
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN, ABOUT 18 IN. IN WIDTH, OF HARD, BLUE BLACK MANGANESE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edward T. Ellis
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • A LITTLE ORE RUNNING 42% OR 43% MANGANESE WAS SHIPPED WHEN LAST ACTIVE IN 1918. ABOUT 10 TONS OF GOOD ORE WAS LYING ON 2 DUMPS (IN 1918)

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 46, NO.2, APRIL 1950, P. 344

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 125, P.98

  • Deposit

    BULL. 152, P.20-21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADD. REF. NO.4. BULL. 140, PL. 1(GEOLOGY); NO.5. 25TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P.436
Deposit Discovery Year: IN 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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