Beraudiere Mine

Past Producer in Alameda county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Silica, Zeolites
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 10211739
MRDS ID M004664
MAS/MILS ID 0060010002
Record type Site
Current site name Beraudiere Mine
Related records 10027967

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.61523, 37.61931 (WGS84)
Elevation 622
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin Delta(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alameda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 S 003 E 14 NENENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Zeolites Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Zeolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.61523, 37.61931

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 62W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 17M
    Width 5M
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N00S:62W
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Tesla

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Holm, W. And Ione, L. S., And L. J.
    Interest 100
    Home office 12120 Mines Rd, Livermore, Ca, 94550
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG,BULL.76,1918

  • Deposit

    CDMG,BULL.152,1950

  • Deposit

    CDMG.,BULL.125,1943

  • Deposit

    CDMG,BULL.140

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.

Authoritative California resources

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