The Manganese King Mine is a mine located in Tehama county, California at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.20417, -122.89750
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Manganese King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Manganese King Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Tehama
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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 25 TO 30 PERCENT MANGANESE, AND ABOUT 25 PERCENT SILICA
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN S 1/2 NE 1/4 SECTION 8
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN 30 FT. THICK LENS OF THIN-BEDDED RED CHALCEDONIC CHERT WITH THIN SHALY PARTINGS. IT IS UNDERLAIN AND OVERLAIN BY GREENSTONE. UPPER GREENSTONE IS IN CONTACT WITH SERPENTINE ON THE SURFACE. FOLDING CAUSES LOCAL CHANGES IN STRIKE, AND FAULTING CAUSES SMALL OFFSETS. ORE OCCURS AS 2 BODIES, SEPARATED BY FAULTING. MAIN BODY TO THE N. IS ABOUT 100 FT. LONG AND 3 FT. THICK. ESTIMATED DEPTH IS 20 FT. SMALLER LENS OUTCROPS INTERMITTENTLY OVER 50 FT. PRIMARY ORE IS FINELY BANDED CHALCEDONIC MATERIAL, OFTEN CONTAINING THIN BANDS OF TAN RHODOCHROSITE, AND BANDS OF GRANULAR BEMENTITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 193
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 300
Reference (Deposit): TRASK, PARKER. NOTES ON THE MANGANESE RESOURCES OF CALIF, 1944 , UNPUB.
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