The Custer Dooley Prospect is a mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 610 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: 610 Feet (186 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.34917, -120.87806
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Custer Dooley Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Custer Dooley Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. B. Custer
Home Office: C/O R. J. Custer
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
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 (Production): NO MINABLE BODY OF MANGANESE OXIDE ORE IS IN SIGHT AT THIS PROPERTY
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, 6' X 6', 20 FT. DEEP
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE LIES IN A BED OF MANGANIFEROUS METACHERT 5 TO 6 FT. THICK; STRIKING N - S AND DIPPING 65 DEG. E. THE METACHERT IS ENCLOSED IN METAVOLCANICS (IN PART GREENSTONE) AND META-TUFFS. THE META-CHERT IS MASSIVE TO BANDED, IN PART CHALCEDONIC TO OPALINE, IN PART RECRYSTALLIZED TO FIVE GRAINED QUARTZITE. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES EXPOSED IS SLIGHT; OCCURING AS BANDS AND CRUSTS IN THE META-CHERT.
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM. BULL. 152, P.27-28
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.268
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