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Black Stone Manganese Deposit

Occurrence in San Bernardino 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 10033533
MRDS ID M020116
Record type Site
Current site name Black Stone Manganese Deposit
Related records 10286477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.35058, 35.01223 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 3 MI. S. E. OF AFTON, A STATION ON THE SALT LAKE RAILROAD, ON A RIDGE E. OF THE MOJAVE RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011N 006E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX, SEC. 28 ON TOPO DOES NOT MATCH ELEVATION OR LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.35058, 35.01223
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70 E
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF MANGANESE LENSES ON THE CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND LIMESTONE; FOR A DISTANCE OF 1000 FT. THE CONTACT STRIKE IS N-S , AND DIPS 70 E. LARGEST LENS IS 50 FT. LONG AND 8 TO 10 FT. WIDE. THE FRACTURE CAN BE TRACED FOR 1 MI, AND AT INTERVALS SHOWS FROM 8 INCHES TO 4 FT OF ORE. ORE IS MOSTLY PSILOMELANE WITH SOME PYROLUSITE.

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. 194

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 66 , 160

Reporter information

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

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