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Moulton

Producer in San Bernardino 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109384
MRDS ID M020124
Record type Site
Current site name Moulton
Alternate or previous names Red Cross
Related records 10236998

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.29107, 34.28254 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJOINS MONUMENT KING PROPERTY ON THE S.E. IN THE CROSS ROADS DISTRICT, 7.9 MI. FROM CROSS ROADS, 15.7 MI. FROM PARKER, ARIZONA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whipple Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002N 026E 06,07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 35 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.29107, 34.28254
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 TO 40 W
    Dip 40 TO 80 SW
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENTICULAR BODIES OF MANGANESE OXIDE AND HEMATITE ASSOCIATED WITH JASPER IN LIMESTONE, WHICH IS ENCLOSED IN BROWN SANDSTONE AND VOLCANIC BRECCIA. THE ORE IS 2 1/2 TO 3 FT. THICK, STRIKE N 35 TO 40 W, DIPS 40 TO 80 S. W. AND CONSISTS OF HARD PSILOMELANE WITH SOME CALCITE AND COATINGS OF HEMATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cross Roads

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 203

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 162

Reporter information

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

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