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Midlothian Mine

Producer in Kern 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109377
MRDS ID M020046
Record type Site
Current site name Midlothian Mine
Related records 10188194

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.74507, 35.33277 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 7 MI. S. W. OF RANDSBURG BY ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(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 Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030S 039E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore
Spessartite Ore

Analytical data

Result SORTED ORE GRADES 32 PERCENT MANGANESE, 43.4 PERCENT INSOLUBLE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.74507, 35.33277
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANIFEROUS QUARTZITE BED IS ENCLOSED IN SCHIST. THE BED IS FAULTED SO THAT THE NORTHERN PART DIPS 75 W, AND THE SOUTHERN PART DIPS 55 S. W. HIGHEST GRADE ORE IS ON 2 WALLS OF QUARTZITE LAYER. ORE CONTAINS RHODONITE, SPESSARTITE, AND BLACK OXIDE WITH SILICA BOTH INTERMIXED AND AS IRON STAINED SKELETONS FREE OF MANGANESE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 84 - 85

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 123

Reporter information

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

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