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Unknown Mn claim [3], Thumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USAi
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Unknown Mn claim [3]Claim
Thumb PeakPeak
Palo Verde Mining DistrictMining District
Palo Verde MountainsMountain Range
Imperial CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 24' 38'' North , 114° 54' 19'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.41083,-114.90528
GeoHash:
G#: 9myq16280
GRN:
N23W69
Type:
Claim
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Palo Verde171 (2011)16.2km
Cibola250 (2011)24.7km
Ripley692 (2011)26.4km
Mesa Verde1,023 (2011)27.0km
Blythe19,208 (2017)36.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
77193
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:77193:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Mn occurrence/claim/prospect located in sec. 7, T9S, R20E, SBM, 3.6 km (2.3 miles) W of Thumb Peak (coordinates of record) and 16.2 km (10.1 miles) W of Palo Verde, on the N end of the Palo Verde Mountains, N of the Chocolate Drop group. Discovered in 1943. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10,000 meters (sic).

Local rocks include Tertiary pyroclastic and volcanic mudflow deposits, unit 7 (Southern Mojave Desert).

Workings include unspecified surface openings.

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Link to USGS MRDS:10134681

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References

U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS): file #0060250001.
Trask, Parker Davies (1950) Geologic description of the manganese deposits of California. California Division of Mines Bulletin 152, 378 pp.: No. 1, p. 73.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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