The Harrington Prospect Manganese Mine Claim is a mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Harrington Prospect Manganese Mine Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Harrington Prospect Manganese Mine Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Murphys
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: ORE GRADE 35 TO 42 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Spessartite
Ore: Rhodonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 20' SHAFT; DRIFTS RUN TO THE W FOR 12' AND TO THE E FOR 8'. ABOUT 8 OR 10 TONS OF 35-42% ORE HAVE BEEN MINED BUT NO ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN A LENS WITH EXPOSED LENGTH OF 15' AND A WIDTH OF 1'-3'; IS ENCLOSED IN QUARTZ SCHIST. WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE OF THE SURFACE THE OXIDIZED MATERIAL PASSES INTO ONLY PARTLY OXIDIZED MANGANESE GARNET. QUARTZ IS ALWAYS PRESENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): EC. MINERAL MAP NO. 5, 1943
Reference (Deposit): USBM R.I. 5579, P. 22
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2 , P. 212
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 152, P. 44 AND 43; B. 125, P. 107
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