The Callahan Prospect is a mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Callahan Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Callahan Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE 40 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Rhodonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LENS OF MANGANESE ORE IS MAINLY HARD, BLUE BLACK PSILOMELANE, IN GREY FLINTY CHERT. MANGANESE ORE AND CHERT ARE ENCLOSED IN META-TUFFS (?) AND META VOLCANICS (PROBABLY OF AMADOR GROUP). SOME SMALL PATCHES OF PINK RHODONITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 152,P. 40-41; B. 125, P. 106
Reference (Deposit): EC. MINERAL MAP NO. 5, 1943
Reference (Deposit): USBM R.I. 5579, P. 22
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2 , P. 211 AND PL. D; USGS MR-23
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