The Perini Peyton Et Al, Lease is a manganese mine located in Amador county, California.
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Mine Info
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Perini Peyton Et Al, Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Perini Peyton Et Al, Lease
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Benjamino Perini
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Analytical Data: ORE 10 TO 40 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 35
Comment (Production): LESS THAN 1 CARLOAD OF MANGANESE ORE MINED AND SHIPPED DURING WWI. DURING WWII SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE OF UNKNOWN GRADE MINED AND SHIPPED
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 74 FT. DEEP, 250 FT. CROSSCUT ON 40 FT. LEVEL, A SMALL SHAFT, SEVERAL EXTENSIVE BULLDOZING CUTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: POCKETS 1 TO 3 FT. THICK OF PSILOMELANE WITH PYROLUCITE AND RHODONITE ENCLOSED IN 8 FT. WIDE BAND OF MASSIVE META-CHERT. META-CHERT IS RECRYSTALLIZED FINE GRAINED QUARTZITE. IT IS ENCLOSED IN QUARTZ MICA SCHISTS, SOME OF WHICH RESEMBLE META-TUFFS. SMALL QUARTZ VEINLETS CUT THROUGH THE META-CHERT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 202, 269, PL. 1
Reference (Deposit): CJM&G V. 39, NO. 3, JULY 1943, P. 311-12
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 31
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