The Desert Bloom Prospect is a mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Mine Info
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Desert Bloom Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Bloom Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Residual
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE 20 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT/LONG EST AT CENTER OF SECTION 24.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE IN CONGLOMERATE. ORE ZONE IS 8 FT. THICK, STRIKES N. 45 W. AND DIPS 35 S. E.
Comment (Deposit): MANGANESE OXIDE IN CONGLOMERATE. ORE ZONE IS 8 FT. THICK, STRIKES N. 45 W. AND DIPS 35 S. E.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 76
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 118
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