The Turtle Prospect is a manganese mine located in Imperial county, California at an elevation of 600 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 600 Feet (183 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.2144, -114.76420
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Turtle Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Turtle Prospect
Secondary: Jet Black
Secondary: Hodges Manganese Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: State Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: State Of California - Div. Of State Lands
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1913
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX 1,COLUMN 1 SHOWS CALCULATIONS FOR TURTLE MINE ONLY. MATRIX 1,COLUMN 1 REFERS TO VEINS SOUTH OF TURTLE MINE. M3C1=M1C1+M2C1. MATRIX 1,COLUMN 1 IS COMBINED CALCULATIONS FOR TURTLE MINE AND EXTENSIONS.
Comment (Location): FOUR CLAIMS SITUATED ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE PALO VERDE MTS SIX MI SW OF PALO VERDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 139.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 7, 1977, P. 74.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, 1942, P. 129.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): SO. PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V. III,
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