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Red Feather

Producer in Los Angeles 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110788
MRDS ID W024113
Record type Site
Current site name Red Feather
Related records 10163867

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20923, 34.59418 (WGS84)
Elevation 942
Relative position ON THE CREST OF PORTAL RIDGE, W. OF PALMDALE 6.4 MI. BY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ritter Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006N 013W 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF AMARGOSA GROUP, LLEWELLYN IRON, UTM APPROX. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE ABOUT 10 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pelona Schist
    Rock description Pelona Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20923, 34.59418
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN LENSES OF QUARTZITE ENCLOSED IN THE PELONA SCHIST, AND IS CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS AND CROSS FAULTS. AVERAGE STRIKE IS N 80 W AND DIP IS 40 N. ORE IS PARTIALLY TO COMPLETELY OXIDIZED RHODONITE, IN POCKETS AND SCATTERED AMONG QUARTZ GRAINS OF QUARTZITE. SOME HAS BEEN COMPLETELY OXIDIZED TO PSILOMELANE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 102 - 103

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 65 , 129

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOURN. MINES AND GEOL. V. 50 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , JULY - OCT. 1954 , P. 639

Reporter information

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

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