Harrington Prospect Manganese Mine Claim

The Harrington Prospect Manganese Mine Claim is a mine located in Calaveras county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Harrington Prospect Manganese Mine Claim  

State:  California

County:  Calaveras

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.11361, -120.40333

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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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