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Monument King

Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033537
MRDS ID M020123
Record type Site
Current site name Monument King
Alternate or previous names Manganese King, Hidden Treasure, Hidden Cross, La Course, Cross Roads, Hall Burke, Ring and Hidden
Related records 10286068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.29773, 34.2931 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 11 MI. N. OF PARKER, 2 TO 2 1/2 MI. W. OF MONUMENT PEAK IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, 8 MI. W. OF CROSS ROADS, ABOUT 11 MI. N. OF DRENNAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whipple Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002N;002N 025E;026E 01;06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.29773, 34.2931
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE AND HEMATITE OCCURRING IN LENTICULAR BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH JASPER IN LIMESTONE. THE LIMESTONE IS ENCLOSED IN BROWN SANDSTONE AND VOLCANIC BRECCIA. THE ORE GENERALLY LIES PARALLEL TO THE LIMESTONE BEDDING AND CONSISTS MAINLY OF PSILOMELANE TYPE MATERIAL, SOME SOFT BLACK OXIDE, HEMATITE AND CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monument

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 202 - 203

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 162 , 66

Reporter information

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

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