The Buckeye Mine is a manganese mine located in Stanislaus county, California.
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Mine Info
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Buckeye Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckeye Mine
Secondary: Wright
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: L
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: AVERAGE 42 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Rhodonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: TWO ORE BODIES ABOUT 600 FT. APART ACROSS STRIKE, LIES IN MASSIVE WHITE CHERT WHICH STRIKES W. AND DIPS ABOUT 60 N. THE S. ORE BODY IS ABOUT 125 FT. LONG, 100 FT. DEEP DOWN THE DIP. THE MAXIMUM THICKNESS IS 9 FT., AND AVERAGES 5 FT., AND THE MAXIMUM WIDTH IS 10 FT. THE STRIKE OF THE ORE IS E., AND THE DIP IS 30 TO 45 N. THE N. ORE BODY IS ABOUT 220 FT. LONG, AND HAS BEEN EXPLORED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT. BELOW THE HIGHEST OUTCROP. MAXIMUM THICKNESS IS 11 FT., WITH AVERAGE OF 8 FT. ORE BODY IS SHARPLY FLEXED AT BOTH ENDS. IT STRIKES W. AND DIPS 50 TO 60 N. THE ORE IS 50 FT. OF OXIDE AT UPPER LEVEL, BELOW WHICH IS GRAY RHODOCHROSITE AND BEMENTITE. THE S. ORE BODY IS MOSTLY MASSIVE DENSE BLACK OXIDE, MANGANESE CARBONATE, AND SOME BEMENTITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 287 - 289
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 189
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