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Moran Bros. Mine

Past Producer in Stanislaus county in California, United States with commodities Manganese, Silica
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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. 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 10141465
MRDS ID M020276
MAS/MILS ID 0060990023
Record type Site
Current site name Moran Bros. Mine
Alternate or previous names Stanislaus Co. Occurrence, Moy Mine
Related records 10033655

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.36662, 37.54931 (WGS84)
Elevation 540
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanislaus(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solyo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(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 004 S 005 E 36 SESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Franciscan melange
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 50N
    Thickness 12M
    Length 60M
    Width 5M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45W:50N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Tesla

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rolland Seegars,26630 Manteca Rd.,Manteca,Ca.209-8237076
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL.DIV.MINES,BULL.152,1950

  • Deposit

    SHAFTS IN N1/2 NW1/4; SEC 22 NW1/4; SEC 23 NW1/4 NW1/4; NW1/

  • Deposit

    OF SEC 16; NE1/4 NE1/4 OF SEC 21

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 936, PL 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Deino, Al U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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