The April Fool Claims is a mine located in Inyo county, California.
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April Fool Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: April Fool Claims
Secondary: Keegan Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE LOW IN SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS A POROUS, TUFFACEOUS BOG MANGANESE ORE, AND A MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 18 INCHES AT THE APRIL FOOL CLAIM. THIN LAYERS OF PINK CLAYEY MATERIAL GIVE ORE A DECIDED BONDED APPEARANCE. A SAMPLE ANALYSIS OF THE ORE WAS 32.2 PERCENT MANGANESE, 30.2 PERCENT INSOLUBLE. THE MN NO. 1 CLAIM IS 1/4 MI. S. E. OF APRIL FOOL, AND WHAT IS THOUGHT TO BE THE SAME MANGANESE BEARING BED IS EXPOSED IN A BED OF DRY WASH, WITH MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 30 INCHES. ORE ANALYSIS WAS 20.6 PERCENT MANGANESE, 42.2 PERCENT INSOLUBLE. AT MN. NO. 4 CLAIM, 1/4 MI N.E. OF MN NO. 1 , A WELL DEFINED VEIN, OF HARD BLACK METALLIC OXIDE AND SCATTERED BOULDERS OF WASTE ROCK, CUT THE CONGLOMERATE WITH A STRIKE OF N 60 W AND DIPPING STEEPLY TO THE NORTH. MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF THE VEIN IS 6 FEET, AND IS EXPOSED FOR 25 FEET ALONG STRIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 80
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 121
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