Thompson Deposit

Producer in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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 10109390
MRDS ID M020170
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.70181, 35.66885 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR PASO ROBLES (?), ON 7X RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paso Robles(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paso Robles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salinas(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026S 012E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 42 PERCENT MANGANESE, 1.5 PERCENT IRON, 21.4 PERCENT SILICA. MANGANESE CARBONATE CONTENT WAS 22 PERCENT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.70181, 35.66885

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 239

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 171

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 13-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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