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Turtle Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033466
MRDS ID M020028
Record type Site
Current site name Turtle Claims
Alternate or previous names Hodges Group of Claims
Related records 10212065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.76469, 33.21507 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI. E. OF MIDWAY WELL, 32 MI. FROM THE RAILROAD AT GLOMIS, AND 2 MI. FROM THE NEAREST ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buzzards Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011S 021E 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HAS PRODUCED NO ORE

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 20 PERCENT MANGANESE
Result 1.2 PERCENT IRON.

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) -114.76469, 33.21507
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF FISSURE VEINS OF MANGANESE OXIDE IN ANDESITIC BRECCIA. VEINS STRIKE N 30 W AND ARE VERTICAL. THEY ARE 1 TO 3 FEET WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 77

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 119

Reporter information

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

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