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Orr Claim

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115022
MRDS ID M020038
MAS/MILS ID 0060270016
Record type Site
Current site name Orr Claim
Alternate or previous names Blue Moon
Related records 10033475

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.76528, 35.88189 (WGS84)
Elevation 39
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anvil Spring Canyon 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 021 N 001 E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.76528, 35.88189
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank W Orr
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 125, 1943, P. 122.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 83.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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