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Big Bullet Manganese Claims

Past Producer in Riverside 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064463
MRDS ID TC38841
Record type Site
Current site name Big Bullet Manganese Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.8625, 33.59172 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES EAST OF MECCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orocopia Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007S 011E 5 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE OROCOPIO MOUNTAINS. LAT-LONG CENTER OF SECTION 5.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.8625, 33.59172
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NS
    Dip 50E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 10 TONS OF 30% MN ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROPS OF MN IN SCHIST, PARALLEL SCHISTOSITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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