The Wild Devil Waldteufel is a manganese mine located in Mendocino county, California at an elevation of 2,051 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: 2,051 Feet (625 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.33194, -123.18472
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Wild Devil Waldteufel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wild Devil Waldteufel
Commodity
Primary: 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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE ORE ENCLOSED IN WELL BEDDED RED CHERT WITH THIN SHALE PARTINGS, AND STRIKING N 60 W GENERALLY, WITH A GENERAL DIP OF 50 NE. CHERT IS FAULTED, HIGHLY CRUMPLED, DRAG FOLDED AND BRECCIATED. ORE IS SOME HIGH GRADE BLACK OXIDE AT PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE, SOME CONTAIN CORES OF WHITE CHERT. SOME NEOTOCITE WITH RHODOCHROSITE VEINS IS PRESENT.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN EXPOSED IN TRENCH WAS 6 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 15
Comment (Production): IDLE. PAST PRODUCTION REPORTED AS 250 TONS. A FEW POCKETS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE STILL REMAIN.
Comment (Workings): TRENCH 18 FT. LONG, 10-FT. WIDE AND 10 TO 20 FT. DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT. 1953, P. 392
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 152, PP. 147-148
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