Pinkham Prospect

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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 10212862
MRDS ID M020103
MAS/MILS ID 0060650009
Record type Site
Current site name Pinkham Prospect
Related records 10033524

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.88253, 33.60175 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mortmar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006 S 011 E 31 NESESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.88253, 33.60175

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chester A Pinkham
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 185.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.