The Brinkerhoffer Mine is a manganese mine located in Stanislaus county, California at an elevation of 1,900 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 37.49889, -121.34694
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Brinkerhoffer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brinkerhoffer Mine
Secondary: Brown
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Stanislaus
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
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
Type: L
Description: Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR THE CENTER SECTION 18
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SHORT ORE LENS OCCURS IN AND NEAR THE CENTER OF A SHARP CRUMPLE IN A BED OF PLATY RED, WEATHERED CHERT, OVERLYING SANDSTONE, AND SERPENTINE. THE OUTCROP LENGTH OF ORE IS 80 FT., FACES AVERAGE 2 1/2 FT., AND SHOW MASSIVE OXIDE ORE, WITH A HOMOGENEOUS SUBMETALLIC LUSTRE, IN GANGUE MATERIAL. THE STRIKES ARE NW TO W TO SW, THE FOLD PLUNGING ABOUT 30 N. ORE LENS OCCURS IN OXIAL REGION OF SHARP ANTICLINAL CRUMPLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 287
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 189
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