Lillie Mine

Prospect in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139606
MRDS ID M020036
MAS/MILS ID 0060270014
Record type Site
Current site name Lillie Mine
Alternate or previous names Mature Consolidated
Related records 10033473

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.28809, 35.80558 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trona East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles 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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 S 043 E 15 NW California

Comments on the location information

  • SEC SHOULD BE 14, 15, AND 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.28809, 35.80558

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 33N
    Thickness 1.6M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N70W:33N
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE MINERALS ARE PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE IN A MATRIX OF JASPER, QUARTZ, AND IRON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1937

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. W Chappelle
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. B. Crow
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 125, 1943, P. 121.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 82-83.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 96, 1968, P. 30.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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