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Giant Chief

Occurrence in Riverside 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095181
MRDS ID M020097
Record type Site
Current site name Giant Chief
Alternate or previous names Manganese Extension

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.8508, 33.72505 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI. S. OF PADDY FAULKNER CLAIM, 14 MI. BY ROAD S. OF RICE, 5 MI. N. W. OF MIDLAND, ON A LOW KNOLL 15 FT HIGH AND 150 FT. LONG, COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY AN ALLUVIAL PLAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(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

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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003S 020E California

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY IN E 1/2 T. 3 S.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS 29 AND 32 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IRREGULAR POCKETS AND SMALL STRINGERS OF MANGANESE OXIDE IN A FINELY CRYSTALLINE BUFF TO PINKISH LIMESTONE, UNDERLAIN BY THIN-BEDDED MICACEOUS QUARTZITE. THE LIMESTONE STRIKES E. AND DIPS 20 N. NO ORE POCKETS ARE OVER 1 FT. THICK.

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. 183

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 65 , 155

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR POCKETS AND SMALL STRINGERS OF MANGANESE OXIDE IN A FINELY CRYSTALLINE BUFF TO PINKISH LIMESTONE, UNDERLAIN BY THIN-BEDDED MICACEOUS QUARTZITE. THE LIMESTONE STRIKES E. AND DIPS 20 N. NO ORE POCKETS ARE OVER 1 FT. THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 10-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

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