The Staneuche Mine is a manganese mine located in San Luis Obispo county, California.
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Mine Info
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Staneuche Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Staneuche Mine
Secondary: Staneuche
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: San Luis Obispo
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: M
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
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 40 TO 55 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 6
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS WITHIN PROMINENT LAYER OF CHERT WHICH STRIKES N. 55 W. ORE BED VARIES FROM A FEW INCHES TO OVER 4 FT. IN THICKNESS, AND LIES BETWEEN A BED OF MASSIVE YELLOW CHERT ON THE S. AND THIN-BEDDED GREEN AND RED CHERT ON THE N. THE WHOLE SERIES DIPS 25 TO 80 N. E. AT LOWEST LEVELS THE ORE IS HAUSMANNITE, A MASSIVE FINELY CRYSTALLINE DARK BROWN MANGANESE OXIDE, WITH PINK CARBONATE CRYSTALS STRUNG OUT IN RUDE LAYERS. PSILOMELANE IS FOUND IN UPPER LEVELS. NUMEROUS FAULTS CUT THE AREA, AND THE CHERT IS FOLDED AND CONTORTED IN PLACES.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 237 - 239
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 171
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