The War Baby Deposit is a mine located in Inyo county, California.
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Mine Info
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War Baby Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: War Baby Deposit
Secondary: Wingate Wash
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BEDDED WAD DEPOSIT IN TERTIARY LAKE BEDS (?) ORE BODY CONSISTS OF BEDDED MANGANESE OXIDE IN CONGLOMERATE AND SANDSTONE. 3 BEDS OF MANGANESE ARE FOUND IN A ZONE 10 TO 12 FEET THICK. THE GRADE IS PROBABLY NOT OVER 5 PERCENT MANGANESE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 83
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 66 , 78 , 122
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