Turtle Prospect

The Turtle Prospect is a manganese mine located in Imperial county, California at an elevation of 600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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