The Joses Ranch Prospect is a mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Joses Ranch Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Joses Ranch Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Meta Chert Belt Greatly Contorted
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM. APPROX.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BELT OF METACHERT, 20' WIDE & SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG, STRIKES N.35-55DEG. W., DIPS 60-75 DEG. NE; THE METACHERT IS GRAY WHEN FRESH, BUT IS STAINED REDDISH BROWN BY IRON OXIDE; IS ENCLOSED IN GRAY SERICITE AND QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST. CRUSTS AND LAYERS OF IRON OXIDE, AND SMALL QUANTITES OF MANGANESE OXIDE OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES PENETRATING THE METACHERT. OPEN CUT 45' LONG, 3' WIDE AND 4' DEEP, RUNS N. 25 DEG. E. INTO THE HILL; DOES NOT EXTEND BELOW THE SOIL.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 152, P. 45; B. 125, P. 107
Reference (Deposit): USBM R.I. 5579, P. 22
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. EC. MIN. MAP NO. 5, 1943
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2 , P. 212
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