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Shamrock No. 2 Claim

Occurrence in Kern 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033482
MRDS ID M020048
Record type Site
Current site name Shamrock No. 2 Claim
Related records 10235978

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65868, 35.38416 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. N. OF RANDSBURG BY ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Paso Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 040E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE ESTIMATED AS 20 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65868, 35.38416
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: POCKETS OF MANGANESE OXIDE ARE ENCLOSED IN A QUARTZITE (METAMORPHOSED CHERT) BED 1 TO 2 FEET THICK; EXPOSED ON SURFACE FOR 20 FEET. QUARTZITE AND ENCLOSING SCHIST STRIKE N 50 W AND DIP 30 N. E.

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. 85 - 86

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 123

Reporter information

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

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