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Hamilton Deposit

Producer in Stanislaus 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109399
MRDS ID M020268
Record type Site
Current site name Hamilton Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mitchell, Hospital Canyon
Related records 10262956

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.40324, 37.49881 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE HEADWATERS OF HOSPITAL CANYON, 17 MI. FROM VERNALIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanislaus(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Boardman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Stanislaus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 005E 15,27 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 15 OR 27 , UTM IN SEC. 15 APPROX, AS LOCATED FROM DESCRIPTION GIVEN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 42 TO 54 PERCENT MANGANESE, 6 TO 17 PERCENT SILICA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.40324, 37.49881
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 291

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 190

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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