The Agnew Meadows Deposits is a mine located in Madera county, California at an elevation of 8,501 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: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.6825, -119.08194
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Agnew Meadows Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Agnew Meadows Deposits
Secondary: Mammoth Lakes
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Madera
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Garnet
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Rhodonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTER OF T. 35. IN INYO NATIONAL FOREST.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS OF VEIN ORIGIN AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE VERTICAL MINERALIZED ZONES AND SCHIST. MINERALIZED ZONES STRIKE N 40 E AND ARE ESSENTIALLY VERTICAL. THEY ARE CHARACTERIZED BY GARNET, SOME OF WHICH IS TYPICAL SKARN, AND BY PYRITE, EPIDOTE, RHODONITE, RHODOCHROSITE, PIEDMONTITE (?) AND A GREEN MINERAL THAT WEATHERS TO A BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE (JOHANNSENITE?). THE RHODONITE IS IN A LOCALIZED ZONE, 2 TO 3 FEET WIDE, AND THE RHODOCHROSITE IN A SIMILAR ZONE ABOVE THE RHODONITE.
Comment (Deposit): HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS OF VEIN ORIGIN AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE VERTICAL MINERALIZED ZONES AND SCHIST. MINERALIZED ZONES STRIKE N 40 E AND ARE ESSENTIALLY VERTICAL. THEY ARE CHARACTERIZED BY GARNET, SOME OF WHICH IS TYPICAL SKARN, AND BY PYRITE, EPIDOTE, RHODONITE, RHODOCHROSITE, PIEDMONTITE (?) AND A GREEN MINERAL THAT WEATHERS TO A BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE (JOHANNSENITE?). THE RHODONITE IS IN A LOCALIZED ZONE, 2 TO 3 FEET WIDE, AND THE RHODOCHROSITE IN A SIMILAR ZONE ABOVE THE RHODONITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 103
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 130
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