Agnew Meadows Deposits

Occurrence in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Iron, 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 10139036
MRDS ID M020057
MAS/MILS ID 0060390002
Record type Site
Current site name Agnew Meadows Deposits
Alternate or previous names Mammoth Lakes
Related records 10095174

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.09676, 37.68823 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mammoth Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Joaquin(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Ansel Adams Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 026 E California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN UPPER PART OF THE CANYON OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER IN UNSURVEYED LAND NEAR THE CENTER OF T. 3 S., R. 26 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.09676, 37.68823

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Summers
    Home office California
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr Henry A Stevens
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 103.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-1993 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.