Mrs Briggs Mine

Prospect in Merced 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115737
MRDS ID M020068
MAS/MILS ID 0060470001
Record type Site
Current site name Mrs Briggs Mine
Alternate or previous names Briggs Mine
Related records 10095176

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -120.9468, 36.80383 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Merced(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ortigalita Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mendota(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(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 Merced

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 S 009 E 13 S2NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -120.9468, 36.80383

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs Briggs
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. V. 48, 1952, P. 228.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-1996 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.