Manganite Group

Prospect in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139428
MRDS ID W023805
MAS/MILS ID 0060270217
Record type Site
Current site name Manganite Group
Alternate or previous names Manganese Nos. 1-4, Wingate Wash, Chapin Manganese, Chapin Mn, Reward Group
Related records 10076661

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.77118, 35.88219 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anvil Spring Canyon East(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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 021 N 002 E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.77118, 35.88219

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 90M
    Width 15M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #3 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 11
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 50HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1932

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Monument

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner National Park Service

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 83.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP OF MINERALIZED ZONE ARE NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE SEVERAL ORE BODIES PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Hyde U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.