Acme Lode Claim

Prospect in Santa Clara county in California, United States with commodities Manganese, Silica
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116837
MRDS ID M020178
MAS/MILS ID 0060850001
Record type Site
Current site name Acme Lode Claim
Related records 10033579

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.47182, 37.39242 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(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)

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 Santa Clara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 S 005 E 30 NENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.47182, 37.39242

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 65E
    Thickness 8M
    Length 150M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N30W:65E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Tesla

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson, R. E.
    Interest 100
    Home office 1082 Clemakes Dr. Sunnyvale, Ca 94086
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL.DIV.MINES AND GEOLOGY,BULL.152,1950

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUR.MINES,NO.5254,1956

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Deino, Al U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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