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Death Valley Claims

Occurrence in Inyo 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10033471
MRDS ID M020034
Record type Site
Current site name Death Valley Claims
Alternate or previous names Manganese Nos. 1 To 6

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -117.40739, 36.50848 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harris Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -117.40739, 36.50848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL STRINGER LEADS OF MANGANESE ORE (PSILOMELANE) CUT AN ANDESITE BRECCIA. STRINGERS RUN FROM A FEW INCHES UP TO 8 INCHES IN WIDTH AND FORM A SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS WHICH STRIKE N 50 E. AT MANGANESE NOS. 1 TO 6 CLAIMS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE DEATH VALLEY BORAX ROAD, ARE A SERIES OF CALCITE VEINS CUTTING THE RHYOLITE, STRIKING N 50 W AND DIPPING TO THE N. E. THE ORE IS HIGH GRADE PSILOMELANE STREAKS 6 TO 8 INCHES WIDE ALONG BOTH WALLS OF THESE VEINS.

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 PP. 81 - 82

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 121

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-77 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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