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Owls Spring

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10095186
MRDS ID M020129
Record type Site
Current site name Owls Spring
Related records 10213205

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69809, 35.64888 (WGS84)
Relative position IN OWLSHEAD MOUNTAINS, 2 MI. W. OF THE EMMA DEPOSIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owl 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

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 018N 003E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69809, 35.64888
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE DISSEMINATED IN BEDDED DEPOSITS, PRESUMABLY OF LACUSTRINE ORIGIN. DEPOSIT IS 1000 FT. LONG, DIPPING 40 TO 50 DEGREES.

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. 206

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 66 , 163

Reporter information

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

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