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Purple Sage Group

Occurrence in Los Angeles 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 10033488
MRDS ID M020056
Record type Site
Current site name Purple Sage Group
Related records 10298667, 10139642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37869, 34.53945 (WGS84)
Relative position IN TEXAS CANYON, A BRANCH OF BOUQUET CANYON, ON THE S. FLANK OF THE SIERRA PELONA, AND 15 MI. S. W. OF SAUGUS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Green Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Clara(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Angeles National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005N 014W 05,07 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NE 1/4 SECTION 7 AND S. W. 1/4 SECTION 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37869, 34.53945
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANIFEROUS BANDED QUARTZITE ENCLOSED IN QUARTZ MICE PELONA SCHIST OF PRE-CAMBRIAN AGE. THE QUARTZITE STRIKES E, DIPS 60 S, AND CONTAINS POCKETS AND LENSES OF PARTIALLY OXIDIZED PINK RHODONITE, SOMETIMES COATED WITH BLACK OXIDES. POCKETS AND LENSES A FEW INCHES TO 2 FT THICK CONTAIN PYROLUSITE, SOME PSILOMELANE, AND STAINED WITH IRON OXIDES QUARTZ VEINS CUT THE ORE BED.

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 PP. 101 - 102

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 65 , 129

Reporter information

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

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