Yankee Jim Deposit

Occurrence in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Manganese

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095177
MRDS ID M020077
Record type Site
Current site name Yankee Jim Deposit
Alternate or previous names Lee ?
Related records 10115765

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78296, 39.02545 (WGS84)
Relative position MAY BE 12 MI. N. E. OF AUBURN NEAR YANKEE JIMS.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 010E California

Comments on the location information

  • MAY BE SAME DEPOSIT AS LEE DEPOSIT DESCRIBED IN STATE MINEROLOGIST'S REPORT 23 , P. 283 , OWNED BY D. W. LEE OF YANKEE JIM, AND LOCATED NEAR THAT PLACE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY - 40 PERCENT MANGANESE, 20 PERCENT SILICA.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78296, 39.02545

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL BED

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M020077

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 172

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 150

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL BED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 13-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey