The Red Cliff Prospect is a mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 1,401 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.98194, -123.30194
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Red Cliff Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Cliff Prospect
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: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS AS PARTLY OXIDIZED BROWN CARBONATE ASSOCIATED WITH MASSIVE AND THIN-BEDDED CHERT. CHERT AND ORE APPEAR TO MAKE UP LARGE BLOCK BROKEN FROM CLIFF. SMALL VEINLETS OF RHODOCHROSITE ARE NUMEROUS. BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES ARE ON CRACKS AND SURFACES. BROWN ORE CONTAINS NUMEROUS WELL PRESERVED RADIOLARIAN TESTS SILICA REPLACED BY MANGANESE CARBONATE. BROWN AMORPHOUS MATERIAL MIXED WITH CARBONATE IS A MANGANESE BEARING OPAL.
Comment (Location): UTM APPROX., ALTITUDE GIVEN DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH SECTION LOCATION ON TOPO. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
References
Reference (Deposit): E.F.DAVIS AND A.O. WOODFORD AUG. 1918
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 332 - 333
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 202
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