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Whedon Claims

Producer in Imperial 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109376
MRDS ID M020029
Record type Site
Current site name Whedon Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.79663, 33.20757 (WGS84)
Relative position PAYMASTER DISTRICT IS LOCATED 30 MI. N. E. OF GLAMIS BY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buzzards Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(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 Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011S 021E 18,19 California

Comments on the location information

  • WHEDON CLAIMS INCLUDE BLACK HILL, BLUE BELL, MORENO, TOLBARD, TRES AMIGOS, WHEDON, DAISY, BABE, GLAMIS, AND CURLEY DEPOSITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 40 TO 45 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.79663, 33.20757
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 152.4M
    Width 2.13M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FISSURE DEPOSITS IN TERTIARY FANGLOMERATE OR LAVAS, OR IN OLDER GRANITE. THREE MAIN FISSURE SYSTEMS CAN BE TRACED FOR A MILE. THE ORE IS FOUND IN SHOOTS, ONE OF WHICH IS OVER 500 FEET IN LENGTH, 7 FEET WIDE, AND 60 FEET IN MAXIMUM DEPTH. ORE BODIES AVERAGE 2 TO 3 FEET IN THICKNESS. THE ORE IS MAINLY HARD MANGANESE OXIDE THAT FORMS A CEMENT AROUND PEBBLES AND ROCK FRAGMENTS IN BRECCIATED CONGLOMERATES ADJACENT TO FISSURES. SOFT MANGANESE OXIDE, INCLUDING MANGANITE (?), IS ALSO PRESENT. IN THE BLACK HILL CLAIM THE ORE IS IN FRACTURED GRANITE ADJACENT TO FISSURES. GENERAL STRIKE OF THE FISSURES IS NORTHEAST, AND THE DIP IS NEARLY VERTICAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paymaster

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 79 - 80

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 120 , 78 , 66

Reporter information

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

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