The Blue Monday Searchlight, Surprise is a mine located in Napa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Blue Monday Searchlight, Surprise MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Monday Searchlight, Surprise
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Napa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. A. Dollarhyde, J. W. Charge, W. R. Hanson, Henry Hermann
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: 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 (Production): NO PRODUCTION.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MANGANIFEROUS IRON ORE OUTCROPS IN 3 PLACES AND IS SURROUNDED BY BASALT. ORE IS MAINLY A MIXTURE OF IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES PERMEATED THROUGHOUT BY OPALINE SILICA. SOME BANDS AND STREAKS OF RED CHERT ARE INCLUDED. CHERT IS HEAVILY STAINED BY BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE. SOME ORE CONTAINS INTERCALATIONS OF YELLOW CHERT. FRANCISCAN SERPENTINE IS FOUND IN THE SURROUNDING REGION.
Comment (Deposit): AN ASSAY OF A SAMPLE OF THE MATERIAL IN ONE OF THE ORE ZONES GAVE THE FOLLOWING RESULT: MANGANESE, 2.25%; FERRIC OXIDE, 18.81%; AND SILICA, 66.4%. ANOTHER SAMPLE ASSAYED AS FOLLOWS:MANGANESE, 6.3%; FERRIC OXIDE, 62.22%; AND SILICA, 26.77%.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. BULL. 125, 1943, P 145
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 156-7
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