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Mac Donald Prospect

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033463
MRDS ID M020025
Record type Site
Current site name Mac Donald Prospect
Related records 10236029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.82136, 33.41173 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 20 MI. FROM BLYTHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thumb 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

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 Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009S 020E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED LAT/LONG AT CENTER OF SECTION 12.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.82136, 33.41173
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE VEINS, WITH MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 2 FT., OCCUR IN ANDESITIC BRECCIA. VEINS STRIKE N 45 W, AND DIP VERTICALLY

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. 77

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE VEINS, WITH MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 2 FT., OCCUR IN ANDESITIC BRECCIA. VEINS STRIKE N 45 W, AND DIP VERTICALLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 12-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

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