The The Manganese is a mine located in Trinity county, California.
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Mine Info
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The Manganese MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: The Manganese
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE ABOUT 40 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 4 , UTM APPROX
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 3 FT. THICK ORE BODY ENCLOSED IN CHERTY SHALE, WHICH STRIKES N 65 W AND DIPS 50 N. E. ORE BODY IS CUT OFF TO N. W. BY FAULT STRIKING N 10 E. TO S. ORE RUNS INTO MASSIVE WHITE AND GRAY CHERT CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS, CONTAINING NO MANGANESE. CHERT IS SURROUNDED BY SANDSTONE AND GREENSTONE, AND SERPENTINE APPEARS TO THE W. ORE CONSISTS OF PARTIALLY TO COMPLETELY OXIDIZED PINK, FINELY CRYSTALLINE RHODONITE AND BROWN MANGANESE CHERT.
References
Reference (Deposit): TRASK, PARKER. NOTES ON THE MANGANESE RESOURCES OF CALIF., 1944 , UNPUB.
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 338
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