The Lugo Claims is a manganese mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Mine Info
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Lugo Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lugo Claims
Secondary: Palo Verde
Secondary: Lost Donkey
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
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: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 40 TO 45 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 4 MAIN VEINS CONTAIN BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES; CALCITE AND WALL ROCK FRAGMENTS, AND ARE ENCLOSED IN COUNTRY ROCK OF DARK GRAY LAVA, PROBABLY ANDESITE. MANGANESE OXIDES, MAINLY PSILOMELANE, HAVE PECULIAR STOLACTITIC STRUCTURES OF MINUTE CYLINDRICAL RODS AND SERIES OF WAVY PLATES. TWO PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION OCCURRED; DEPOSITION OF MANGANESE IN FISSURES AND THEN DEPOSITION OF CALCITE IN REOPENED FISSURES, LEAVING RUGS WHICH WERE FILLED BY EROSION PROCESSES.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 119
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 76 - 77
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