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War Baby Deposit

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. 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 10095171
MRDS ID M020040
Record type Site
Current site name War Baby Deposit
Alternate or previous names Wingate Wash

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -116.87025, 35.82849 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wingate Wash East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 020N 001E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDDED WAD DEPOSIT IN TERTIARY LAKE BEDS (?) ORE BODY CONSISTS OF BEDDED MANGANESE OXIDE IN CONGLOMERATE AND SANDSTONE. 3 BEDS OF MANGANESE ARE FOUND IN A ZONE 10 TO 12 FEET THICK. THE GRADE IS PROBABLY NOT OVER 5 PERCENT MANGANESE.

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. 83

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 66 , 78 , 122

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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