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Mono Manganese No. 7

Prospect in Mono 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031479
MRDS ID M010339
Record type Site
Current site name Mono Manganese No. 7
Related records 10211847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.16819, 38.15103 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position IN A GENTLY SLOPING AREA JUST W OF LITTLE MORMON MEADOW; W OF AND ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF ROAD FROM LITTLE BODIE MINE. 11 MI. S. OF BRIDGEPORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Alkali(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 025E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.16819, 38.15103
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.08M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STRINGERS 1 TO 3 INCHES THICK OF HIGH-GRADE, HARD, BLACK, BOTRYOIDAL PSILOMELANE OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES IN HORNBLENDE BIOTITE DACITE OR ANDESITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 125, P. 143

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 152, P. 151-2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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