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Manganese Queen Mine

Producer in Kern 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033480
MRDS ID M020045
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Queen Mine
Related records 10212197

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.68673, 35.3211 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 6 MI. BY ROAD W. OF ATOLIA, ON THE RANDSBURG BRANCH OF THE SANTA FE RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030S 040E 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore
Spessartite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.68673, 35.3211
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IS MIXTURE OF BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES AND SILICA IN VARYING PROPORTIONS. A 3.5 FT. LAYER OF MANGANESE BEARING QUARTZITE STRIKES N 30 E AND DIPS 50 S. FOOT AND HANGING WALLS ARE QUARTZ MICA SCHIST. BETTER ORE OCCURS AS POCKETS IN MORE SILICEOUS MATERIAL. BANDED QUARTZ-RHODONITE-GARNET (SPESSARTITE) WAS FOUND A FEW FEET AT DEPTH IN UPPER WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 84

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 66

Reporter information

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

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