The Brereton Ew Year, Old Country is a manganese mine located in Mendocino county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.81444, -123.11583
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Brereton Ew Year, Old Country MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brereton Ew Year, Old Country
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURRED IN 3 PLACES SEPARATED BY FAULTING, UNDERLAIN BY THIN BEDDED CHERT AND UNDERLAIN BY THICK BEDDED GRAY IRON STAINED CHERTS AND SHALES. ORE BODY IS GRAY MANGANESE CARBONATE COVERED BY BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE FILMS, AND CUT BY VEINLETS OF PINK RHODOCHROSITE. SOME REDDISH-BROWN ORE (POSSIBLY NEOTOCITE) IS ALSO PRESENT. SANDSTONE, GREENSTONE AND DIABASE ARE FOUND AROUND THE CHERT.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND STOPES.
Comment (Production): ABOUT 150 TONS OF ORE MINED DURING WORLD WAR I; WORKINGS ARE NOW CAVED AND MINE IDLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT. 1953, PP. 363, 384
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152, PP. 113-4-5
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