Peyton Crocker-Preston Prospect

The Peyton Crocker-Preston Prospect is a manganese mine located in Amador county, California.

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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

Name: Peyton Crocker-Preston Prospect

State:  California

County:  Amador

Elevation:

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 38.41361, -120.62667

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Peyton Crocker-Preston Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Peyton Crocker-Preston Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Manganese


Location

State: California
County: Amador


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Benjamino Perini
Years: 1953 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


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

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Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Pyrolusite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SW 1/4 OF SECTION 35

Comment (Production): DURING WWI 30 TONS OF MANGANESE ORE SHIPPED; IN 1943 AND 1944 LESSEES SHIPPED SOME ORE. PROSPECTED BY DIAMOND DRILLING IN 1940 BUT NO COMMERCIAL ORE BODIES DISCOVERED

Comment (Workings): TWO SMALL 15-FT. PARTIALLY CAVED SHAFTS, 2 LARGE BENCH CUTS, EXTENSIVE SURFACE BULLDOZING.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE CONSISTS OF POCKETS AND LENSES OF CHIEFLY BOTRYIODAL, NODULAR PSILOMELANE; SOME PYROLUSITE IN MASSIVE META-CHERT. META-CHERT IN PART FINE GRAINED QUARTZITE; IN PART UNRECRYSTALLIZED CHERT AND IS CUT BY A FEW SMALL QUARTZ VEINLETS. THE METACHERT IS ENCLOSED IN QUARTZ SERICITE SCHIST; SOME OF WHICH RESEMBLING META-TUFF. SOME PARTIALLY OXIDIZED PINK RHODONITE IS EXPOSED IN THE META CHERT.


References

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 202, 269, PL. 1

Reference (Deposit): CJM&G V. 39, JULY 1943, P. 312

Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 32 - 33


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