The Smith is a mine located in Nevada county, California.
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Mine Info
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Smith MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smith
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
Land Status
Land ownership: State 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
Owner Name: George A. Smith (Leased By Manga-Chrome)
Years: 1943 -
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Comments
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1940-42. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.
Comment (Deposit): COULD THIS BE THE PROSPECT SHOWN SOME 500 FT. E. OF THE CTR. OF THIS SECTION, ON US GEOL. SURVEY QUAD. LAKE COMBIE, CALIF., 1950
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 15-FT. DEEP; OPEN CUT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE LIES IN THICK BELT, 100 TO 500 FT. THICK, WHICH INCLUDES MASSIVE WHITE AND RED CHERT, BEDDED WHITE AND RED CHERT WITH SHALE PARTINGS, AND GREENISH CHERTS, ALL CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS, AND SOME STAINED BY MANGANESE. CHERTS STRIKE N 20 W TO N - S, DIP 40 TO 80 NE. ORE IS MAINLY RHODONITE BEDS, 6 INCHES TO 2 FT. THICK, COATED WITH BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES, CONTAINING A FEW POCKETS AND VEINS OF OXIDE. MASSIVE BROWN MANGANESE CARBONATE AND SOME NEOTOCITE OVERLIES THE RHODONITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125, P. 148
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 167-8
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