The Whedon Claims is a manganese mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Mine Info
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Whedon Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whedon Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
District: Paymaster
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 40 TO 45 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): WHEDON CLAIMS INCLUDE BLACK HILL, BLUE BELL, MORENO, TOLBARD, TRES AMIGOS, WHEDON, DAISY, BABE, GLAMIS, AND CURLEY DEPOSITS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FISSURE DEPOSITS IN TERTIARY FANGLOMERATE OR LAVAS, OR IN OLDER GRANITE. THREE MAIN FISSURE SYSTEMS CAN BE TRACED FOR A MILE. THE ORE IS FOUND IN SHOOTS, ONE OF WHICH IS OVER 500 FEET IN LENGTH, 7 FEET WIDE, AND 60 FEET IN MAXIMUM DEPTH. ORE BODIES AVERAGE 2 TO 3 FEET IN THICKNESS. THE ORE IS MAINLY HARD MANGANESE OXIDE THAT FORMS A CEMENT AROUND PEBBLES AND ROCK FRAGMENTS IN BRECCIATED CONGLOMERATES ADJACENT TO FISSURES. SOFT MANGANESE OXIDE, INCLUDING MANGANITE (?), IS ALSO PRESENT. IN THE BLACK HILL CLAIM THE ORE IS IN FRACTURED GRANITE ADJACENT TO FISSURES. GENERAL STRIKE OF THE FISSURES IS NORTHEAST, AND THE DIP IS NEARLY VERTICAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 79 - 80
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 120 , 78 , 66
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