The Paddy Faulkner Claim is a mine located in Riverside county, California.
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Paddy Faulkner Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paddy Faulkner Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
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
Analytical Data: MAY CONTAIN 25 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Location): PROBABLY IN E. PART OF T 3 S
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: POCKETS AND VEINLETS OF MANGANESE OXIDE OCCURRING IN BUFF COLORED, FINELY CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE, AND INTERBEDDED WITH QUARTZITE AND QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST. THE LIMESTONE STRIKES N. 75 E., AND DIPS 65 N. ORE SEEMS TO BE LOCALIZED BY CROSS FISSURES STRIKING ABOUT N, AND SOME IRREGULAR POCKETS OCCUR ALONG THE FISSURES. ORE IS PARTLY BOTRYOIDAL PSILOMELANE TYPE, PARTLY A SOFT CRYSTALLINE MINERAL RESEMBLING PYROLUSITE, AND PARTLY SOFT BLACK IMPURE MANGANESE OXIDE. SOME GYPSUM IS PRESENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 156
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 185
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