The Pine Mountain Pieta Creek is a mine located in Mendocino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Pine Mountain Pieta Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Mountain Pieta Creek
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 25 , NE 1/4 SECTION 26 , UTM APPROX.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION. IDLE. THE BEST ORE FOUND CONTAINS LESS THAN 25 PERCENT MANGANESE AND IS RICH IN IRON.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL 50-FT. LONG; OPEN CUTS AND PIT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE IN THIN BEDDED BRECCIATED RED AND BROWN CHERT. ORE IS BROWN AND DULLY RESINOUS (NEOTOCITE). SMALL VEINS OF MANGANESE CARBONATE CUT THE BROWN ORE. CHERT HAS BEEN SHEARED AND FAULTED. MUCH ORE IS PRESENT IN LANDSLIDE MATERIAL.
Comment (Deposit): EXPOSED IN LANDSLIDE AND IN OPEN CUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 4 OCT. 1953, P. 389
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152, P. 135
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