The Lowden is a molybdenum mine located in Trinity county, California.
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Lowden MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lowden
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
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
Deposit Type: Unknown
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: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Ferrimolybdite
Comments
Comment (Location): TRINITY COUNTY REPORT GIVES A LOWDEN RANCH (INTERSTATE MINES, INC.) IN SEC. 23, WHICH IN 1940 WAS A DRAGLINE DREDGE OPERATION
Comment (Deposit): THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC UNIT TAKEN FROM LOCATION PLOTTED ON REDDING GEOLOGIC MAP; NO GEOOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE
References
Reference (Deposit): KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 4, P.
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