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Turtle Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212065
MRDS ID M020028
MAS/MILS ID 0060250208
Record type Site
Current site name Turtle Prospect
Alternate or previous names Jet Black, Hodges Manganese Group
Related records 10033466

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.765, 33.21447 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011 S 021 E 16 NENESW California

Comments on the location information

  • FOUR CLAIMS SITUATED ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE PALO VERDE MTS SIX MI SW OF PALO VERDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.765, 33.21447
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Year of first production 1955

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of California - Div. Of State Lands
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1,COLUMN 1 SHOWS CALCULATIONS FOR TURTLE MINE ONLY. MATRIX 1,COLUMN 1 REFERS TO VEINS SOUTH OF TURTLE MINE. M3C1=M1C1+M2C1. MATRIX 1,COLUMN 1 IS COMBINED CALCULATIONS FOR TURTLE MINE AND EXTENSIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, 1942, P. 129.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    SO. PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V. III,

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 139.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 7, 1977, P. 74.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-NOV-1991 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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