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Black Prince Group

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095184
MRDS ID M020114
Record type Site
Current site name Black Prince Group
Alternate or previous names Manganese Cliff, Manganese King, Van Doren-Burkhardt
Related records 10213314

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.5642, 35.5886 (WGS84)
Relative position N. SLOPE OF AVAWATZ MOUNTAINS, ABOUT 35 MI. W. OF RIGGS STATION ON THE TONOPAH AND TIDEWATER RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Leach Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 017N 004E 04,05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.5642, 35.5886
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE IRON STAINED CROPPINGS OF BRECCIATED ANDESITE STRIKE EAST, AND ARE CUT BY A SERIES OF SMALL MANGANESE VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 192 - 193

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 160

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE IRON STAINED CROPPINGS OF BRECCIATED ANDESITE STRIKE EAST, AND ARE CUT BY A SERIES OF SMALL MANGANESE VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey UPDATE LOST LOCATION
Updater 10-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

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