Penrose

The Penrose is a mine located in Mono 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: Penrose

State:  California

County:  Mono

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.43694, -119.22778

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Penrose MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Penrose


Commodity

Tertiary: Manganese


Location

State: California
County: Mono


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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 5.04 PERCENT MANGANESE


Materials

Ore: Wad


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT COMPOSED OF LIMONITE AND WAD. COUNTRY ROCK IS RHYOLITE.


References

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 152, P. 152; B. 125, P. 143

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC MINERAL MAP NO. 5, 1943


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