The Giant Chief is a mine located in Riverside county, California.
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Mine Info
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Giant Chief MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Giant Chief
Secondary: Manganese Extension
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
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
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: ORE ASSAYS 29 AND 32 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): PROBABLY IN E 1/2 T. 3 S.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IRREGULAR POCKETS AND SMALL STRINGERS OF MANGANESE OXIDE IN A FINELY CRYSTALLINE BUFF TO PINKISH LIMESTONE, UNDERLAIN BY THIN-BEDDED MICACEOUS QUARTZITE. THE LIMESTONE STRIKES E. AND DIPS 20 N. NO ORE POCKETS ARE OVER 1 FT. THICK.
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR POCKETS AND SMALL STRINGERS OF MANGANESE OXIDE IN A FINELY CRYSTALLINE BUFF TO PINKISH LIMESTONE, UNDERLAIN BY THIN-BEDDED MICACEOUS QUARTZITE. THE LIMESTONE STRIKES E. AND DIPS 20 N. NO ORE POCKETS ARE OVER 1 FT. THICK.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 183
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 65 , 155
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