The Lloyd Prospect is a mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 2,201 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: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.04361, -120.98444
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Lloyd Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lloyd Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. H. Lloyd
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Residual
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: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Workings): PIT 4 BY 4 FT. 5 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PIT SUNK IN A REGOLITHIC BRECCIA CONSISTING OF WHITE CHERT FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES, CHIEFLY PSILOMELANE WITH BOTRYOIDAL SURFACES BUT ALSO SOME PYROLUSITE. MN CONTENT PROBABLY NOT OVER 10%. A SAMPLE TAKEN JUST SOUTH OF THE PIT (AREA NOW COVERED BY WATER) CONSISTED OF HIGH-GRADE BLACK OXIDES, PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE, RAN ABOUT 50% MANGANESE.
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 152, P. 170; BULL. 125, P. 149
Reference (Deposit): USGS FOLIO 66
Reference (Deposit): DOM SR-67, PL. 1 (GEOLOGY)
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