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Morgan Hill Prospect

Producer in Santa Clara 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111046
MRDS ID W025111
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan Hill Prospect
Related records 10262655

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.67963, 37.13686 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 1000 FT. N.E. OF THE KELLEY PROSPECT, ON THE N.E. SIDE OF A SMALL RIDGE WHICH RISES FROM A FLAT BOTTOMED VALLEY, 2 MI. W. OF MADRONE, 500 FT. FROM ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pajaro(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Clara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009S 003E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RED CHERTS WITH SHALE PARTINGS ON UPPER PART OF RIDGE ARE OFTEN STAINED BY MANGANESE OXIDE. LOWER PART OF RIDGE IS SERPENTINE WITH SOME GREENSTONE. SEVERAL BODIES OF SILICEOUS ORE ARE IN CHERT, CONTACTS APPARENTLY RESULTING FROM SHEARING AND FAULTING. ORE IS MAINLY SILICEOUS, WITH SOME MANGANESE OXIDE VEINLETS IN MASSIVE CHERT, AND SOME CHERT IS IMPREGNATED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE.

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. 256

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 179

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEO., V. 50 , NO. 2 , APR. 1954 , P. 414

Reporter information

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

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