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O. K. Claim

Occurrence 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. 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 10033481
MRDS ID M020047
Record type Site
Current site name O. K. Claim
Alternate or previous names Keough
Related records 10163320

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.3187, 35.63859 (WGS84)
Relative position ON WALKER PASS ROAD AT S. END OF SIERRA NEVADA, ON S. FORK OF KERN RIVER, 56 MI. E. FROM BAKERSFIELD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weldon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Kern(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(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 026S 034E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.3187, 35.63859
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BED OF MANGANESE ORE IS ENCLOSED IN HIGHLY QUARTZOSE QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST, WHICH STRIKES N 45 W AND DIPS 60 SW AT TOP OF SHAFT. DIP IS VERTICAL AT SHAFT BOTTOM. GOUGE ZONE LYING PARALLEL TO ORE BODY IS EVIDENCE OF FAULTING. ORE IS PARTLY OXIDIZED RHODONITE. INDIVIDUAL CRYSTALS REACH UP TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER. ZONES OF RHODONITE ALTERNATE WITH BLACK OXIDE ORE.

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. 85

  • 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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