Pinkham

Occurrence in Riverside 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033524
MRDS ID M020103
Record type Site
Current site name Pinkham
Related records 10212862

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.86639, 33.61561 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI. E. OF MECCA, W. SLOPE OF LAS PALMAS MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orocopia Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006S;006S 011E;010E 29,30,32,33;24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.86639, 33.61561

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLOCKS OF MASSIVE MANGANESE OXIDE FLOAT

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. 185

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 157

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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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