The Allen Prospect is a manganese mine located in Siskiyou county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Allen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Allen Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
Land Status
Land ownership: National 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
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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 20 FT. OF SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE ORE IS EXPOSED, STRIKING N. E. AND DIPPING 60 S. E. ABOUT 5 FT. OF QUARTZ-RHODONITE ORE IS EXPOSED ALONG HANGING WALL. MOST OF ORE IS SKELETONS OF MANGANESE OXIDE SURROUNDING CORES OF LEECHED SILICA. WALL ROCKS ARE INTERBEDDED QUARTZITE AND QUARTZ MICA SCHIST. 10 FT. OF SIMILAR ORE IS EXPOSED TO THE S. W. A THIN STRINGER OF ORE IS PRESENT. PRIMARY ORE IS PROBABLY RHODONITE, DUE TO SILICEOUS NATURE OF ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 271
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 183
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