Turtle Prospect | UndergroundMines

Key facts

State: California
County: Imperial
Development status: Past Producer
Mine type: Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity: Manganese
Verification: Unconfirmed

Also known as

Jet Black, Hodges Manganese Group

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Shaft — documented in 3 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

3 shaft symbols

Shaft : Buzzards Peak , 1988
Shaft : Buzzards Peak , 1988
Shaft : Buzzards Peak , 1988

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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.

Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground

MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

State Of California - Div. Of State Lands · Source-reported owner · 1976

Commodities & minerals

Manganese · primary

Access & recent conditions

Land: unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

mine identity
development status
commodities
underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

mapped shaft symbols (3)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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