The Surprise M-Q Prospect is a mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Surprise M-Q Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Surprise M-Q Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
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
Discovery Year: 1918
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Spessartite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN E 1/2 SECTION 23 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW CUT ON AN OUTCROP OF MANGANESE ORE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LENSES WITHIN QUARTZ SCHIST AND PHYLLITE OF THE CALAVERAS SERIES, AND PARALLEL TO THE SCHISTOSITY OF THE ENCLOSING ROCKS. UNOXIDIZED ORE IS MAINLY RHODONITE AND MANGANESE CARBONATE WITH SOME SPESSARTITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 326-7
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, P. 111-112
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