Taylor Moyle Group of Claims 6 Claims.

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031480
MRDS ID M010342
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Moyle Group of Claims 6 Claims.
Related records 10212354

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.17264, 38.12436 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 2 MI. N. OF CONWAY SUMMIT, BETWEEN BRIDGEPORT AND LEEVINING, 12 MI. BY ROAD S. OF BRIDGEPORT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lundy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 025E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 13 , CONSISTS OF 6 CLAIMS, MANGANESE NOS. 1 TO 4 , BLUEBIRD NOS. 1 AND 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.17264, 38.12436

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 TO 50 W
    Dip 65 NE
    Length 60.96M
    Width 3.35M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A BRECCIATED FISSURE ZONE IN TERTIARY VOLCANICS IN WHICH THE INTERSTICES ARE FILLED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE, MUCH OF IT HARD AND BOTRYOIDAL LIKE PSILOMELANE. ASSAY (AFTER WASHING) 38.52% MN. PORPHYRITIC VOLCANIC ROCK IS A BIOTITE ANDESITE PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 1-149 TONS .

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF CUTS AND SHAFTS OVER A LENGTH OF 200'.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 125, P. 81 AND 143; B. 152, P. 152-3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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