The Long, Earl W. Woodman Station, Happy Four Last Chance is a mine located in Mendocino county, California at an elevation of 1,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.77333, -123.37972
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Long, Earl W. Woodman Station, Happy Four Last Chance MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Long, Earl W. Woodman Station, Happy Four Last Chance
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Evan F. Rohrbough
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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 (Production): NO PRODUCTION. IDLE. PROBABLY 5 OR 10 TONS OF ORE IN SIGHT; SOME IS HIGH-GRADE BLACK OXIDE ORE CONTAINING SMALL CORES AND PATCHES OF WHITE SILICA. A SAMPLE OF THE BLACK OXIDE ORE CONTAINED 56.3 PERCENT MANGANESE AND 9.2 PERCENT SILICA.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BOULDERS OF BLACK OXIDE ORE IN PIT, PROBABLY IN PLACE. WELL BEDDED RED AND BROWN CHERT WITH SHALE PARTINGS IS EXPOSED. GREENSTONE IS ALSO EXPOSED IN THE AREA. ORE IN FLOAT IS HIGH GRADE BLACK OXIDE, AND SOME NEOTOCITE CUT BY RHODOCHROSITE VEINLETS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY V. 49, NO. 4 OCT., 1953, P. 388
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152, PP. 129-130
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