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Occurrence 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033458
MRDS ID M020019
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -115.36716, 33.03991 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amos(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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 Imperial

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -115.36716, 33.03991
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 15 NE
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE FORMS CEMENT IN SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE. HOST ROCKS ARE SIMILAR TO FANGLOMERATE OF CHOCOLATE DROP GROUP. MANGANESE OXIDE APPEARS TO COAT INDIVIDUAL GRAINS AND FRAGMENTS OF SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE, AND IT SEEMS TO FOLLOW CERTAIN LAYERS OF THE SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 73

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 118

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-77 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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