The Bear Canyon Mine is a manganese mine located in Butte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Bear Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Canyon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: George W. Wooley
Home Office: Clipper Mills, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE 45 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): HOSTED IN CALAVERAS SERIES - L. ; GEOL.DESC: PRIMARY ORE IS RHODONITE, WITH PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CALCITE, MALACHITE, AND MANGANESE OXIDES. 4 FT. WIDE VEIN TRACED FOR 35 FT.; PINCHES TO 18 IN. AT ONE END, GRADES INTO QUARTZ AT THE OTHER END.
Comment (Deposit): SOME REPORTS SHOW IN SEC. 34, OR 35
Comment (Production): AN ORE BODY OF MANGANESE OXIDE CONTAINING 40% ORE PRODUCED 220 TONS IN 1916, AVERAGING 45 PERCENT MANGANESE AND 10 PERCENT SILICA. IDLE NOW. TOTAL PRODUCTION 150 TO 999 TONS
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: R. 26, P. 408; B. 152 (1950) P. 35; B. 125, P. 104
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 60
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